Who is Syria’s de Facto leader al-Jolani? — According to WaL
Following the remarkably fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the global news media have had to dig…
Author: Andy Corbley
Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes
The gender division of labor among hunter-gatherers has been a topic of heated debate for decades, as much at…
Israeli Army Razes 600 Buildings to Build Military Bases in Gaza
While Israel has lost nearly all international sympathy and opinion for its siege in Gaza, any punitive action has…
Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo
A major terrorist offensive has been launched at Syria’s battered northwest city of Aleppo, led by a mixture of…
Famous Lovers, Moorish Towers, and Ham Make up the Charms of This Northern Spanish City
There’s a joke in Spain that the country has two cities that don’t exist: Murcia, the biggest city that…
Ultimate Irony Comes as Taliban Asks Russia’s Help to Evade US Sanctions, Closing 50-year Loop of Violence
It was said at the time that Operation Cyclone was the most successful covert operation in CIA history. It…
Spain Suffers from (and Revels in) a Distinct Lack of Urgency
What would a Google or TripAdvisor review of an average American restaurant be if an appetizer order took 45…
Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation
Ukrainian ballistics experts recently issued a press statement regarding an unknown missile type just fired by Russia at the…
US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release
On Wednesday, the US used its veto in a UN Security Council Resolution to demand an unconditional ceasefire and…
Traversing the Battle Lines Between Islam and Christianity–also Rock Climbing
In my last dispatch, I teased I was visiting the Spanish region of Aragon, and that I would perhaps…
Leaning Minaret Destroyed by ISIS Fully Repaired as ‘Symbol of Resilience’
Workers in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul have finished building the famous leaning minaret, destroyed in 2017 by ISIS…
Whether to Go Back to Countries Visited and Loved, or Seek New Lands
I am in Spain for a month. Early indications are—beautiful, fulfilling, peaceful. In a region few reference, to see…
Early Signs Suggest Trump May Have Learned Lessons from First Term – at Least Partially
In a recent statement on X, Donald Trump announced that two former cabinet members, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Enters the Modern Age with Stories of Hope and Problems Solved
For an entire generation of Americans, the ones for whom The Tonight Show starred Johnny Carson, and who were…
Russia, China, Iran Will Wait and See When it Comes to Trump 2.0.
Following Donald Trump’s clinching of the presidential office for the next four years, spokesmen in nations for whom US…
Human Rights Rapporteur Urges Expulsion of Israel from United Nation
In a new report submitted at the recent session of the UN General Assembly, the organization’s Special Rapporteur on…
Israeli Forces Beaten Back in Southern Lebanon Turn to More Airstrikes
In the same way that resistance in Afghanistan caused the US to rely more and more on drones and…
Advocates Demand Biden Comply with Congressional Mandate and de-Classify Ukraine Strategy
Last Tuesday, 13 humanitarian, faith-based, and foreign policy advocacy groups sent a letter to the seniormost Biden Administration officials…
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Reform Decrepit North Korea Policy
Of the monumental mass of foreign and war policy decisions awaiting either a Trump or Harris White House come…
Trade on the Medieval Silk Road Was so Rich, it Sustained High Mountain Cities, New Discovery Finds
A pair of lost cities in the highlands of Uzbekistan recently found by archaeologists using lidar demonstrate that the…