War

It looks like US forces are blocking the advance of the Syrian army in preparation for the partition of Syria. The likelihood of Raqqa being returned to Syria are looking slim as a US backed [...]

One upon a time, the benevolent future was supposed to bemuse with hoverboards, flying cars and interplanetary travel. Instead, according to the folks at Slovakia's Bozena Riot Security Systems, the dystopian future has arrived, and it is made of armored plates and riot gear.

The US is sending another 200-300 troops to Mosul to “advise and assist” Iraqi forces in their effort to retake the city from ISIS, according to defense officials. Colonel Joseph Scrocca, a spokesman for Operation [...]

Hundreds of thousands of desperate citizens of Yemen took to the streets of Sanaa on Sunday, in a massive demonstration aimed at drawing the world’s attention to the devastating Saudi-U.S. bombing campaign in the country. The huge protest marks the two-year [...]

Two days after the US military confirmed that a coalition airstrike may have killed as many as 240 civilians in a March 17 Mosul air raid, the Pentagon found an unexpected defender when the Iraqi military said on Sunday a blast that killed scores of civilians in western Mosul was triggered by an Islamic State booby trap, contradicting local officials and residents who claimed a U.S.-led coalition airstrike caused the deaths.

An Iraqi man inspected damage on Sunday in the Mosul al-Jadeeda neighborhood of the northern city, Mosul