Three people were killed in an armed conflict between Kurdish Police and Islamic State fighters in a northeastern Syria refugee camp. An IS sleeper cell was apparently operating in a camp that mostly houses IS widows and orphans. Kurdish police said the agents attacked and they fought back in self-defense. After the fighting, the Asayish (Kurdish police) cordoned off the …

Baghdad is building a concrete wall along the border to stop Islamic State militants from moving from Syria into Iraq. The wall started in Nineveh, which is in northwestern Iraq. According to an unnamed official, the wall is about seven miles long and eleven feet high. There is no word as to how much of the 300-mile Syria-Iraq border will …

Wagner Group fighters were in Ukraine several weeks before the Russian Bear invaded the country, ostensibly to prevent genocide and support two breakaway republics. As part of the groundwork for the Russian Army, about 400 Wagner Group mercenaries were reportedly to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, and about two dozen other high government officials. To help …

Originally, the Freedom Birds were an extension of the famous Flying Tigers who helped China battle invading Japanese forces in the 1930s. It grew into a dependable and indispensable part of the Air Force. At first, the Freedom Birds were mostly requisitioned commercial airplanes. Later, in Korea and Vietnam, the DoD leased commercial aircraft for non-combat transportation needs. Following the …

An Islamic insurgency, which began in 2017, continues to threaten development of one of the world’s largest deposits of natural gas. Ansar al-Sunna (supporters of the tradition), locally known as al-Shabaab (the kids), claims its brand of Islam will end government corruption and empower the masses. “We occupy [the towns] to show that the government of the day is unfair,” …

In a new study, Israeli doctors say intense oxygen therapy may ease the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in combat veterans. Researchers believe the oxygen enables the brain to expand and heal itself. Professor Hermona Soreq, who was not affiliated with the study, said the results were encouraging. “This may be the beginning of new promise, which calls for …

In February 2021, tens of thousands of ethnic Tamils participated in the Pottuvil to Polikandy (P2P) rally across Sri Lanka. Now, according to witnesses, about a hundred of its leaders are serving time on Diego Garcia and being deprived of their civil rights.  Following the huge rally, many Tamils, who were housed in refugee camps in India, tried to escape …

Wagner Group fighters are reportedly in Venezuela. They may soon move into other Latin American countries, such as Colombia. The Kremlin’s strategy in Venezuela and other South American countries is a lot like the strategy it uses to undermine Western interests in Syria. Usually, Moscow provides muscle to prop up petty dictators. The Wagner Group also operates military hardware. Since …

The Islamic State’s attempt to overrun a major prison in Northeastern Syria may have been a springboard for further and more intense military action from a group many people thought was defeated. About 120 Syrian Defense Force fighters were killed during an intense 10-day battle at al-Sinaa prison. IS forces tried to free some 3,000 prisoners in the organization’s largest …

Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted that broad burn pit protection was a high priority for legislators in 2022. “From our standpoint, if you were there, you qualify,” she stated. “We don’t have to go through any torturous process to decide if somebody’s illness depended on something that they were exposed to,” she added. In 2021, emotional testimony from comedian and advocate …

Based on the number of illegal vessels the United States Coast guard has intercepted since October 2021, illegal immigration has tripled since 2021. “People illegally entering the U.S. using smugglers put their lives in the hands of criminals,” warned Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Mark Cobb. “Migrant smugglers are ruthless criminals who only care about profit,” he added.  But these invectives …

A little over a year into his presidency, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani became the first leader of a Persian Gulf nation to meet with President Joe Biden when he arrived in the U.S. capital in January 2022. Biden asked al-Thani if hsi government would be willing to divert natural gas away from existing customers to Europe if a Russia-Ukraine conflict …