syria

The Lebanese-Israel border is turning into a hot war which may turn regional.

Russia and Iran have 40% of the world's natural gas reserves. Iran's foreign minister went to India last month. India, another country that hasn't sanctioned Russia over Ukraine and has infamously bypassed Iranian sanctions to keep trade and oil purchases in currency swaps and gold.

*runs thru the lost woods with ocarina*

Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion Black Agenda Report 30 May 2019 The Congressional Black Caucus sides with its party’s war mongers and in fear of the Israel lobby, while large Black majorities believe Israel is neither an ally nor...

Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever By NABIH BULOS SEP 10, 2018 | 3:00 AM | BEIRUT Houthi rebel fighters inspect the damage after a reported airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition targeted the presidential palace in the Yemeni capital Sana on Dec. 5...

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Man fought ISIS in their capital of evil for six months using skills he learned on Call of Duty © Provided by Trinity Mirror Plc Credits: SWNS.comA computer game geek who sold his car, quit his job and flew to Syria to fight ISIS has told how he survived using tactics he learned from Call of...

for popularizing the "fake news" meme so they can use it to discredit journalists who say anything they don't want people to hear. :snoop: Now, Trump didn't actually coin the term "fake news", but he has turned it from its original meaning of "made-up stories" to now mean "any reporting other...

The Reasons for Netanyahu's Panic Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is pushing the panic button over the collapse of the Saudi-Israeli jihadist proxies in Syria and now threatening to launch a major air war, as ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke describes. By Alastair Crooke A very senior...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces on Tuesday reached troops besieged for years by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, the militants’ last major stronghold in Syria, the army said. Tanks and troops pressed quickly toward a government-held enclave in the city, where...

In Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition has admitted — for the first time — to using white phosphorous during operations in the Iraqi city of Mosul. "We have utilized white phosphorous to screen areas within west Mosul to get civilians out safely," New Zealand Brig. Gen. Hugh McAslan tells NPR. He...

Chinese Uyghur colonies in Syria a challenge for Beijing By Christina Lin A reporter for Dubai-based Al Aan TV recently aired an undercover story on Idlib province – the Syrian “rebel” opposition stronghold that is supported by the US and other Western governments – and the site of the recent...

What’s Chechnya doing in Syria? As Russia has increased its presence in the Middle East, Chechnya has come to play an important role for Moscow in a number of ways. Not only did its leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, use his personal authority and contacts to convey Kremlin messages for several regional...

Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in U.S. participation Armed men in uniform identified by allied Syrian fighters as U.S. Special Operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on May 25, 2016...

Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian jail, says Amnesty "As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in one of Syria’s most infamous prisons in the first five years of the country’s civil war as part of an extermination policy ordered by the highest levels of the...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The first face-to-face meeting between Syrian rebel fighters and government officials in nearly six years of civil war ended abruptly on Monday when diplomatic talks quickly devolved into harsh words and competing accusations. The new round of talks arranged by Russia and...

On a humid August afternoon in northern Greece, a group of Syrian families hauling duffel bags and day packs stumbled down a forested hillside. Exhausted and nervous, they gathered in a gravel parking lot across from a small train station. They could see the border just a few miles away, marked...