by Tyler | Aug 24, 2019 | Baghdad, IDF, Iran, Iraq, Israel / Middle East, Lebanon, National Security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria, terrorism, Trending
Israel was responsible for the bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month, U.S. officials have confirmed, an attack that would mark a significant escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign against Iranian military entrenchment across the region.
by Tyler | Aug 23, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Buddhists, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Muslims, Myanmar, National Security, refugees, Rohingya, Trending, UNHCR
The government of Bangladesh on Thursday cleared 3,450 Rohingya Muslim refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, but not a single one of the 295 families approached by Bangladeshi and United Nations officials was willing to go. The Bangladeshis...
by Tyler | Aug 23, 2019 | Afghan peace talks, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Asia, Daesh, Donald Trump, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, National Security, Politics, Taliban, Trending
U.S. President Donald Trump stressed this week that there would be no complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, saying the United States would “always” have to keep an eye on the Taliban.
by Tyler | Aug 22, 2019 | Ilhan Omar, Israel / Middle East, McClatchy, National Security, Politics, Rashida Tlaib, Ron Dermer, Steny Hoyer, Trending
NEW YORK — Instead of condemning Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar for their rabid antisemitism or for plotting a trip to Israel clearly meant to demonize and smear the Mideast’s only democracy, Democratic leaders continue to fume at Israel’s envoy to...
by Tyler | Aug 21, 2019 | Asia, Carrie Lam, China, democracy, extradition, Hong Kong, National Security, protests, Trending
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive Carrie Lam spun this weekend’s titanic peaceful protest as a victory for her administration on Monday, claiming the lack of violence was a sign the city is “returning to peace” and vaguely offering a “platform for dialogue with...
by Tyler | Aug 20, 2019 | Ilhan Omar, Israel, Israel / Middle East, National Security, Palestinians, Politics, Rashida Tlaib, Terror, Trending
Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) held a press conference to denounce the Israeli occupation but did not criticize Palestinian terror or apologize for their recent antisemitic statements.
