A case for intervention in Syria: Three reasons why we should intervene

If you read my previous post on The Case for Intervention in Syria, you have the commonly-ignored information necessary to understand the Syrian situation. What follows are the three reasons that it’s in our national interest to intervene in Syria, and the way forward in that country Deter chemical warfare use Deterring chem use is […]

Thermite bombs reportedly dropped on civilian areas in two Syrian provinces

Aircraft from either the Syrian or Russian air force dropped incendiary bombs on civilian targets in two Syrian provinces Monday, the Observatory for Human Rights reports. The attack comes fresh off considerable international attention on the Syrian Civil War following the American cruise missile attack on a Syrian military airfield on Friday. That attack was in […]

G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a shift in Washington’s strategy, U.S. missiles hit a Syrian air base last week in retaliation for what the United States and its […]

Army Special Forces Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

The Pentagon has announced that a US Army Special Forces operator was killed in action on Saturday conducting counter-terrorism operations. The soldier, who hasn’t been identified yet pending notification of next of kin was the first US combat death in Afghanistan in 2017. Since the US has ceased major combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014 […]

Islamic State launches two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels

Islamic State militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at least 12 dead in the fighting and many wounded, rebel sources said on Sunday. They said eight Islamic State fighters and four of their own men died. An attack at midnight on a heavily defended base near […]

News Roundup: Did Ivanka Trump persuade POTUS to act in Syria? Chimp assassin, SEAL fakery

Nobody voted for Ivanka Trump: Donald Trump’s daughter persuaded him to strike targets in Syria, according to reports of a diplomatic memo. A cable briefing to Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson by Britain’s ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch said Ms Trump was influential in bringing about the bombings, those who saw the memo said. […]