Latest U.S.-Iran Conflict Spills Over Into Qatar

In June 2025, Iran fired about a dozen missiles at Qatar’s quiet capital city, targeting a large American military base in the area. Doha, the quiet capital of Qatar, is usually known for public safety and manicured malls. So the panicked scenes there on Monday after Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at an American military base near the …

U.S. Rethinking Deportation of Migrants to Guantánamo Bay

President Donald Trump originally planned to send tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants to Guantánamo Bay. As of June 2025, about 500 of these new inmates were in the camp. Members of a Congressional committee who toured Guantánamo Bay in March 2025 said the camp had facilities to hold about 200 prisoners at any one time, and that so far, …

More Private Military Contractors Going to Haiti

Erik Prince’s Constellis is sending at least 150 contractors to Haiti, according to several sources. Haiti’s government has hired American contractors, including Prince, in recent months to work on a secret task force to deploy drones meant to kill gang members, security experts said. Prince’s team has been operating the drones since March, but the authorities have yet to announce …

Combat-Related PTSD Through the Years

We start this look at PTSD through the years with one of the most recent developments. In 2001, Canadian Forces Lieutenant Colonel Stéphane Grenier. A noted expert in the field suggested that the CAF replace the PTSD moniker with OSI (Operational Stress Injury), to avoid what he called the “stigma” of PTSD. He also intentionally chose the I-word (injury) to …

Kuwait Races Closer to Iran

In May 20205, in what many are calling a turning point in the relationship between Iran and Kuwait, Head of Kuwait International Automobile Club (KIAC) Essa Hamzah met with Head of Touring and Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Hossein Soufi during an official visit to Tehran. Expressing satisfaction over his presence in Iran, Hamzah said, “Soufi …