US News Two people were charged with assaulting Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick. Sicknick died after the Capitol Riot. It is unclear of the assault - spraying an irritant at Sicknick - caused his death. [Link] The US increased its share of global weapon sales...
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Will Northeastern Syria Become A Flashpoint Between Turkey and the United States?
by Ahmad Al Khaled | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last November, the United States saw a rather dramatic presidential election that put a lot at stake and in many ways was supposed to determine the direction of Washington's foreign policy. The new administration under Joe Biden's leadership has repeatedly signaled...
Syrian Oil Smuggling Ring Unites Turkey, Syrian Kurds, Barzani Family
by Ahmad Al Khaled | Dec 8, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A reluctant decline of violence on the fronts of the Syrian conflict over the past few years brought a flickering hope for an improvement of the overall situation in the country battered by the almost decade-long conflict. This positive impulse, however, failed to...
News Roundup 8/14/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 14, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The US bars charter flights to Cuba. The US is attempting to increase economic pressure on Cuba. [Link] The US will require dozens of Confucius Institute branches in the US to register as foreign agents. [Link] The US deploys three B-2 Spirit bombers to Diago...
News Roundup 6/9/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 9, 2020 | News Roundup
US News More than 10,000 Americans have been arrested in protests over the past two weeks. [Link] The White House says it will not support reforms to qualified immunity. [Link] Alabama police assault and arrest a black business owner who reported a robbery. [Link] Liz...
News Roundup 3/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Senator Klobuchar ends her campaign. Klobuchar and Mayor Pete endorsed Biden. [Link] North Korea North Korea tested two short-range missiles. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban rule out talks with the Afghan government until they agree to complete a prisoner swap...
News Roundup 3/2/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 2, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Mayor Pete will end his presidential bid. [Link]Trump will invoke a federal defense law to increase the production of medical equipment needed to combat the coronavirus. [Link]Trump wants to hold arms control talks with Russia, China, the UK, and France....
Russian Airstrikes Kill at Least 34 Turkish Soldiers in Syria: Turkey’s bid to reclaim Idlib observation post sparks airstrikes
by Jason Ditz | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Weeks of threats by Turkish President Erdogan to retake Syria’s Idlib Province by force went extremely poorly on Thursday, when Turkish forces moved into an observation post south of Idlib City, and were immediately hammered by airstrikes from both Russia and...
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Phony Noninterventionists
Call me naive, but I increasingly suspect that much of today's "left" is not antiwar on principle. Rather, it's anti-American war because, in its view, America (not just the government) is rotten to the core: bourgeois, racist, patriarchal, heteronormative, blah,...
America First is Always the Sober Alternative to War on the World
My shortest post ever. Ironic that Israel has more US senators than America.
My Views
I discuss the news around deportations, the military parade, No Kings, and Iran v Israel. ALP
Anti-War Blog – It’s Never Enough
It is hard to be up to date with any coverage for an ongoing war, especially in the social media age. Things move fast, the information that is real, verified, takes time to be confirmed and understood as factual. Lies, deception and sensationalism spreads fast, it’s...
The Pork Chop Navy Suffers a Setback in North Korea
The not so vaunted North Korean Navy launched a Choi-Hyun class frigate, in a christening ceremony on its maiden voyage in less than spectacular fashion on 21 May this year and his Nibs himself, Kim Jong Porkchop, was in the audience to witness the hapless ceremony as...
Riots in LA
I decided to do a solo episode discussing the backing of riots around the world by USAID. ALP
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