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Category: War

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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…

War

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.…

War

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.…

War

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…

War

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…

War

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,…

War

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…

War

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…

War

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…

War

International Conversation Surrounding Aramco Bombing Misses The Elephant In The Room

September 18, 2019

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

War

At Zero Hour, Trump Declares Afghan Peace Talks “Dead”

September 10, 2019

PICTURED: CENTCOM Head General Kenneth McKenzie visits US forces in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Monday, September 9th, 2019. Remarkably, after months…

War

Taliban And U.S. Agree To A ‘Peace Deal In Principle’

September 3, 2019

PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Khalilzad has been working with the Taliban now for…

War

Peace In Afghanistan Is Drawing Nearer, As The Peace Talks In Qatar Close In On A Deal

August 28, 2019

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

War

Houthi Retaliatory Attacks Increase In Scope As 10 Missiles, 2 Drones Hit Targets In Saudi Arabia

August 26, 2019

Dubai, UAE, November 12th, 2015. PICTURED: UAE Air Force jet fighter Dassault Mirage 2000 at Dubai Airshow 2015. Many…

War

NATO And The Taliban Are Killing Their Way To Peace

August 1, 2019

PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo credit CC Gage Skidmore. July 30th, 2019. The…

Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?
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Why Does The UAE Want to Wind Down its Presence in Yemen?

July 9, 2019April 16, 2025

Emirati officials have announced that troop levels in the UAE will be wound down as the UAE moves from…

War

How Does The War On Terror Stack Up To Some Of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

June 30, 2019

PICTURED: The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 2014. Photo credit…

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Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

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US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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