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Syria
Clashes Continue Between US-Backed Militias in East Syria, Pentagon Calls For End to Fighting
Fighting continued between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC), two US backed militias in east Syria, on Wednesday. The US military has urged an end to the tensions, ongoing for four days, which have left at least...
News Roundup 8/31/2023
Russia Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia would not be possible without help from the West, Russia’s TASS news agency reported. AWC Fresh from a trip to Kyiv, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is...
Dozens Killed By Fighting Among Washington’s Syrian Allies
Over thirty people were killed in a battle between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir el-Zour Military Council (DEMC). Both the SDF and DEMC are supported by the US. Fighting erupted between the two groups when the SDF captured the leader of the DEMC,...
News Roundup 8/30/2023
US News Two fifty-year old documents related to the coup in Chile were released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department last week. The democratically elected, left wing government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973 by the...
Congressmen Visit Rebel-Controlled Syria, Meet with al-Qaeda Linked Group
Three Congressmen traveled to a region of Syria controlled by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda. The Congressional delegation met with several Syrians who were suffering and blamed President Bashar al-Assad for poor living conditions. Republican...
Tehran, Baghdad Agree to Disarm Kurdish Militant Groups
Iran announced it reached an agreement with Iraq to both disarm and relocate exiled Iranian Kurdish “armed terrorist groups” operating in camps in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq (IKR) on Monday. Baghdad must accomplish the task before a mid-September...
Nikki Haley, the Most Reckless Candidate for President
After the initial debate among GOP presidential aspirants, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is clearly the darling of the hawks who have given us debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine. Indeed, the laudatory assessments of her debate...
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