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Turkish Army Enters Syria After Second Day Of Shelling As Saudi Warplanes Arrive
WE EXPECT MILITARY ESCALATION IN SYRIA LEADING TO WW3
Obama
March will mark a year since Saudi Arabia began its air campaign in Yemen, where Iran-backed militiamen drove President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi into exile in Riyadh.
anti-war
National borders are being superseded by the ancient battleground of al-Jazira.
Turkey
As the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm rolls around, historians are finally beginning to question whether this short-term victory was really a long-term triumph.
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
state terror
The New Year's execution by Saudi Arabia of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was a deliberate provocation.
Peace talks between the Saudi-supported government of Yemen and the Houthi rebels ended in late December without any agreement to end the bombing campaign started by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies with US support last March.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on Friday.
anti-war
A bombshell article from Seymour M. Hersh is being previewed by the London Review of Books. It details how President Obama carried on the George W. Bush policy of destabilizing the Syrian government despite sometimes overwhelming opposition from inte
Turkey
ISIS
On Tuesday, Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy, chief of the main operations department of the Russian General Staff, gave reporters an update on Moscow's efforts to squeeze ISIS by dismantling the group's illicit oil trade from the air.
Over 30 countries are implicated, but the blame lies primarily with the USA for its terrible handling of the 2003 Iraq invasion.
Over the last month or so, there's been a bit of a flurry of U.S. military members with conscience coming forward to tell the truth about incidents or practices they deem unethical.
anti-war
Says Time to Demonstrate 'Unity' in War
Ayman al-Sanabani beamed as he entered his family's home on his wedding day. He was greeting his new bride, Gamila, who was in a bedroom surrounded by friends. Ayman sat beside her for several minutes, receiving warm words of congratulations.
Turkey
"You Should Know That Terror Has Been Supported By Certain Great Powers"
Turkey won't apologize for downing Russian warplane, Erdogan says ... Turkey will not apologize for downing a Russian fighter jet it says violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an exclusive CN
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that "human error" was a factor in the Oct. 3 bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 civilians and left 37 wounded.
Some people who are not inclined to believe the official story of the Paris attack are troubled by the question why Muslim suicide bombers would blow themselves up for a false flag attack. The answer to this question is very simple...