Earlier this month, a U.S. soldier lost his life in an explosion in a small strip of desert in Afghanistan. This strip was used as a patrol route and was home to multiple observation posts for soldiers and allies, but with the U.S. constantly using this route, the Taliban were prompted to hide and bury multiple explosives throughout, hoping to… Read more »
He was somewhere on the streets of Istanbul, until he wasn’t. He was dead in a fistfight, until he wasn’t. From the moment the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul this month, Saudi officials have offered a dizzying variety of public accounts about his fate. Here’s how the Saudi government has changed its… Read more »
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The image of the Saudi crown prince shaking the hand of a son of the slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi stoked outrage on social media on Wednesday as suspicions continue that the crown prince had a role in the killing. Many Turkish and American officials believe that the operation that ended up killing Mr. Khashoggi could not have… Read more »
TOKYO — Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese freelance journalist who went missing in Syria in 2015, was freed from his captors on Tuesday, according to Japanese government officials. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said Qatari officials reported that Mr. Yasuda had been released and was in a Turkish immigration facility in Antakya. Japanese officials confirmed his safety on Wednesday. “We… Read more »
WASHINGTON — The death of an Army soldier after a blast in southern Afghanistan this month was the result of a series of oversights by a military unit that frequently used a small strip of desert as a patrol route and observation post, prompting Taliban militants to bury explosives nearby, military officials familiar with the matter said. The death of… Read more »
This whole situation is just very weird and confusing to me. It all just seems like one big conspiracy theory. I believe that Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi men, but I don’t understand why. It make sense that it was premeditated because of the body double, but if it was already planned then I don’t understand why the Saudi… Read more »
The killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate was premeditated, the country’s attorney general said Thursday, in what marks a further significant shift in the Saudi version of events. According to a statement posted by the Saudi state news agency, the latest evolution in the official Saudi narrative around Khashoggi’s death came after new information… Read more »
Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza have engaged in a systematic crackdown on dissent, including the use of torture that may amount to a crime against humanity, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. “Relying primarily on overly broad laws that criminalize activity such as causing ‘sectarian strife’ or insulting ‘higher authorities,’ the [Palestinian Authority] and Hamas… Read more »
Gaza militants launched a rocket from Gaza into Israel on Wednesday night, prompting airstrikes by the Israeli military. Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system was activated and launched an interceptor missile, but no interception took place, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). No one was injured by the rocket. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the two main militant factions… Read more »
The team of Saudi agents that killed the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul brought a body double who resembled Mr. Khashoggi and wore his clothes as part of a cover-up, Turkish and Saudi officials said Monday. Turkey leaked security camera video footage on Monday showing the look-alike strolling the streets of Istanbul shortly after Mr. Khashoggi had been killed… Read more »