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Iraq: Toxic Traditions
Strategy Page· 9 hours agoJune 8, 2022: Iraqi efforts to form a new government after the late 2021 parliamentary elections have been blocked by a coalition of various Shia and Kurdish groups, plus ...
Turkey: June 2024 Update
Strategy Page· 10 hours agoJune 25, 2024: The government finally relented and approved Sweden joining Turkey and 30 other nations as NATO members. Turkey has 243 F-16s, and that is the second largest F-16 fleet after ...
Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants are pushing people north to the UK
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoThe rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds...
Iran: Be My Bitch And I'll Make You Rich
Strategy Page· 2 days agoNovember 1, 2017: Iran is making its move to establish a secure route from Iran to the Mediterranean and come one step closer to its goal of destroying Israel. This despite Israel making it ...
Refugee picnic a 'celebration of diversity'
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRomaz said she was originally from Syria. "I'm Syrian-Kurdish and I moved here in 2016," she said. "I love attending the picnics and I noticed the...
Iraqi Kurds mourn loved ones lost on Mediterranean migrant route
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWaiting at home in Iraqi Kurdistan, Khadija Hussein holds faint hope of hearing word of further...
If Nashville calls for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war, it should be for the right reasons
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNashville has prided itself on being a welcoming city. The city has the largest population of ...
Polish Compassion | J. Hoberman
New York Review of Books· 5 days agoHolland’s film dramatizes an incident precipitated in the autumn of 2021 by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus. After luring several thousand...
Turkey: Sweden Not Joining NATO
Strategy Page· 2 days agoNovember 8, 2023: Turkey once more delayed its promised approval of Sweden joining NATO. The delay this time was because Turkey was not consulted by the United States during the Hamas-Israel ...
Iraq: Rotten At The Top
Strategy Page· 3 days agoJuly 30, 2021: The July 26 agreement with the U.S. for American forces to end combat operations in Iraq left many confused about what it actually meant. The agreement does not mean a reduction ...