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Category: War

UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus
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UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus

April 17, 2020

PICTURED: Damage to a cholera treatment center in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders after an airstrike by the…

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Afghanistan Peace Seems to have Collapsed: Fighting Resumes and Pompeo Threatens to Leave the Country

April 8, 2020

PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. KABUL, Afghanistan. March 23rd 2020. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo arrived for…

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The Last Major Roadblock to Peace in Afghanistan Seems to be Out of the Way as Ghani Government Agrees to Prisoner Exchange

April 3, 2020

PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who contested the prisoner exchange as being not something his government had agreed to.…

Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban
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Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban

February 22, 2020

PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. February 20th,…

17 Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom, Is Iraq Our Enemy Once Again?
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17 Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom, Is Iraq Our Enemy Once Again?

January 17, 2020January 8, 2024

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, released a special briefing last Monday detailing a trip…

Is Confronting Iran More Important Than Preventing IS Return? Can Trump Have Both?
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Is Confronting Iran More Important Than Preventing IS Return? Can Trump Have Both?

January 10, 2020

PICTURED: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the funeral of Qasem Soleimani’s father. CC 4.0 IRAQ, January 10th, 2020. U.S. airstrikes…

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UPDATE: Peace Talks Progress in Yemen, as Middle East Prepares for Fourth Decade of War

December 9, 2019

PICTURED: Civilian Prime Minister in Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok. Photo credit: International Hydropower. CC 2.0 KHARTOUM, Sudan. December 8th, 2019.…

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Peace Talks Progress in Yemen and Afghanistan as Middle-East Prepares to Enter 4th Decade of War

December 2, 2019

PICTURED: Yemeni children holding a funeral ceremony for Yemeni children that were killed in airstrikes. Photo credit The Guardian.…

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The Taliban And Kabul Are Fighting Over ISIS-Defeat Glory – Where Does That Leave CENTCOM?

November 20, 2019

PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at the London Conference on Afghanistan on 4 December 2014, co-hosted by the governments…

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Afghanistan Strike Numbers For September Make This Backwards Conflict Seem Like WW2

October 30, 2019

Afghanistan, September 28th, 2019. 18 days after President Trump’s administration and the Taliban nearly agreed to end the longest…

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Russia And Turkey Negotiate Memorandum To Resolve Conflict In Northern Syria

October 23, 2019

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019. Within the Russian city of Sochi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin have reached an…

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Foreign Affairs Committee Congressmen Want A Syrian War They Can’t Have

October 16, 2019

Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) have put forward a joint resolution “opposing the decision to end…

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Assad And Damascus Reach Agreement With Kurds To Repel The Turkish Army

October 14, 2019

PICTURED: Kurdish YPG fighters from Syria. The YPG is the main military body within the SDF fighting the Turks.…

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Turkish Invasion Into Northern Syria: Three Days Gone – What’s Happened?

October 11, 2019

PICTURED: Kurdish YPG fighters from Syria. The YPG is the main military body within the SDF fighting the Turks.…

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Imminent Turkish Invasion May Bring About “Unthinkable” Alliance Between Kurds And Damascus

October 8, 2019

PICTURED: Two Female Kurdish YPG fighters smile for the camera. Kurdish peoples are known to be more progressive than…

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Turkish Invasion Into Syria Leads The U.S. To Withdraw

October 7, 2019

ANKARA, Turkey. October 17, 2018. PICTURED: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a meeting with U.S. Sec. of State…

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State Department Accuses Syria Of Chemical Attacks Again Even As More Evidence To The Contrary Surfaces

October 4, 2019

Moscow, Russia, May 17th 2018. PICTURED: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin photo credit www.kremlin.ru WASHINGTON, September 26th,…

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In Largest Offensive Ever, Houthis Claim “Thousands” Of Saudi Soldiers And Weapons Captured

September 28, 2019

Najran, Saudi Arabia. Saturday, September 28th, 2019. According to Houthi media outlet Almasirah TV, military officials in Yemen are…

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Saudi Escalates War In Yemen, While Sanctions Tighten Further Around Iran

September 23, 2019

Yemen, September 2018. PICTURED: Damage to a cholera treatment center in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders after an…

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UPDATE: Saudi Aramco Bombings And The Saudi Military Investigation’s Findings

September 18, 2019

PICTURED: Satellite imaging of the Khurais oil-processing facility – one of the Kingdom’s largest, and one that was heavily…

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Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

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