Russian MiGs for the first time on Wednesday gave close air support to the Syrian Arab Army as it attacked rebels north…
Donald Trump alleged this weekend that “of course” the Middle East would be more stable if dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar…
Russia and Iran don’t see eye to eye about the future of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad after their military intervention in the…
The fact is that the United States has bombed the Support Front/ al-Qaeda on several occasions, itself, so it is odd to criticize Russia for that
On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a day from a large and well-equipped…
If Putin ties himself too closely to the sinking ship of Bashar, he will go down with it
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely regarded as a war criminal with tens of thousands of deaths on his hands, is nevertheless on a roll
The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a “liberal” or “progressive” in American politics is incorrect and indeed a little bizarre.…
The Portage Glacier is only one of many natural features now changing in Alaska
Often the great refugee crises, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, end by the refugees returning home when peace descends. The Palestinians don’t have that prospect
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