Terrorism

Could a Clash Between Iran and the US Troops Be Coming in Syria?

While both Iran and the United States have engaged in a war of words since the fall of the Shah, their enmity has never spilled over into open conflict. But now the two sides are increasingly moving in that direction as their forces are getting within close proximity to one another in Syria. Tensions between […]

The FARC Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

The government of Colombia faces a big crisis in the very fragile peace accord that they signed with the rebel left-wing FARC ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in 2016. A former top commander of the FARC, who helped broker the peace deal has been arrested for drug trafficking and a breakaway group kidnapped and […]

Theresa May: Russia and Syria Are Blocking Evidence of Gas Attack

Using the ridiculous excuse of “Security Issues”, the Russians and Syrians are blocking the efforts of the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) to gather evidence are actively trying “to conceal the facts” of the latest chemical weapons attack, according to the United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May. “The Syrian regime has reportedly […]

Latest Airstrike Against Syria Appears to be the Israelis

The Syrians were evidently hit with another airstrike early Tuesday morning as Syrian state-run television was airing reports of an Israeli missile attack. Syrian media and locals reported air strikes and Syrian air defense rockets being launched in response in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to initial reports, the strikes may have targeted Al-Sayrat […]

Child soldiers in 2018

Soldiers are asked to carry out some of the most unimaginably difficult and horrifying tasks a human could be asked to do. They risk their own life and limb, they are sometimes forced to watch as their friends are slaughtered, they take lives and damage families, and they often come home wounded physically or mentally. […]

UK Says They Can Pinpoint the Russian Lab That Produced Nerve Agent

British security forces believe that while they are not 100 percent certain, they have a “high degree of confidence in the location” of the Russian source of the nerve agent Novichok that was used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. A government source told the Times that security forces “knew pretty much […]

Iraq plans to enter Syria to “fight terrorism”

Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s Prime Minister, has confirmed that the Iraqi military is forming plans to cross it’s border with Syria in an effort to combat terrorism. The move comes in the wake of Turkish military aggression on Iraq’s northern border while Turkey simultaneously has conquered the formerly Kurdish controlled Canton of Afrin in northern Syria. […]

Israel Prepares For Weeks of Tension After Gaza Incident

The Israeli government is rejecting the charges that it acted with disproportionate violence to the events that took place in Gaza over the weekend. Israel is bracing for several weeks of military and diplomatic confrontation that began with Friday’s march in the Gaza Strip. The march left 17 Palestinians dead and hundreds more injured, and its protests […]

The hero of the Republique

What is a hero? By the literal meaning of the word,  a hero is the protector or defender; by the ancient Greek definition it is the one who lives and dies in the pursuit of honor. Today we apply the word way too often and undeservedly, diluting its meaning. But we do indeed have different […]

Islamic State Regrouping in Iraqi, Kurdish Territories

The Islamic State has regrouped in Iraq and is conducting increasingly deadly attacks in territories across northern Iraq, taking advantage of the hostility between the central government and the Kurdish people, according to both Iraqi and Kurdish officials. The Iraqi government declared a final victory over IS last December after Iraqi forces drove its last […]

Austin Bombing Suspect Killed in Shootout With Police

Police in Austin, Texas have killed the suspect in a rash of bombings across the area in recent weeks after an armed confrontation early on Wednesday morning, police sources have revealed to the media. The Austin Police Department was working on an “officer-involved shooting” on I-35, according to a tweet from the department. Austin has […]

Nerve Agent Case A Nasty Reminder of Who the West is Dealing With

Op-ed: The curious case of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, both of whom were found slumped on a park bench, poisoned in Salisbury, outside of Stonehenge, England has all the makings of an assassination. And if it turns out to be just that, an assassination attempt by the Russians, which it does, it is […]