Book review: ‘Beyond War’ by David Rohde

In “Beyond War,” David Rohde sets out to find a new path for the United States in the Middle East after a decade of war and much longer support for ...

Topics: Al-Qaeda , Barack Obama , Afghanistan , Iran , Iraq , Taliban

You Might Have Missed–Congress, CIA Drones and Iran

The Progressive Realist 1 day ago

John Vandiver, “US-trained Congolese Battalion Among Units Accused of Rape,” Stars and Stripes, May 10, 2013. For U.S. diplomats and military ...

Topics: Al-Qaeda , Barack Obama , Afghanistan , Ray Odierno , Iran

Al Qaeda in Iraq Are Getting More Involved in the Syrian Civil War

Reason Magazine 2 days ago

One of the main reasons that an intervention in Syria has not begun is that politicians, diplomats, and intelligence officials are rightly concerned ...

Topics: Iran , Al-Qaeda , Iraq , NATO , War & Conflict

Sectarianism in Iraq stoked by Syrian war

The Washington Post 1 day ago

BAGHDAD — A recent tide of sectarian tensions that erupted into the worst violence seen in Iraq in five years is testing the government of Prime ...

Topics: Al-Qaeda , Iran , Iraq

Syria: death and prayers in Damascus

The Telegraph 2 days ago

Dispatch: Front line in south-east Damascus now lies at the gates of one of the holiest sites for Shia Islam, the resting place of granddaughter of ...

Topics: Iraq , Al-Qaeda , Iran , War & Conflict

Alleged bipartisan gunrunning ‘cover-up’ clouds Benghazi investigation

BIZPAC Review 3 hours ago

WASHINGTON – Alleging a bipartisan “cover-up” of U.S. gunrunning operations in the Mideast, critics are calling for an independent investigation of ...