Syria

Authored by Peter Korzun via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

Authored by James Durso via OilPrice.com,

It’s the 101st anniversary of the Sykes–Picot Agreement and, in light of the non-stop Syrian Civil War, it’s time to ask, “How’s that working out for you?”

British police on Tuesday named the third London Bridge attacker as Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Italian of Moroccan descent who lived in East London. Italian intelligence sources told the Corriere della Sera newspaper he was of Moroccan and Italian nationality, with his mother living in the northern Italian city of Bologna. Reports said Zaghba, who was born in Fez in 1995, attempted to fly to Turkey and travel onwards to Syria last year but was stopped at Bologna airport.

The FT has unveiled what its believes is the key trigger behind the shocking overnight collapse in diplomatic relations between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors.

Authored by Peter Korzun via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

The recent NATO summit took a decision to formally become a member of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS), in addition to its training mission in Iraq.