This past week two French soldiers were on a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the eastern region of Menaka when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). The explosion occurred just three days after other troops from France were killed in the same way. The armed group known as the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM),… Read more »
Link to article France reported yesterday it killed dozens of fighters in a weekend air raid in central Mali. Villagers in Bounti said a lone helicopter opened fire on Sunday on a crowd gathered for a wedding. A French military spokesman denied the connection of the raid and the wedding party. The intel collected from the site does not correspond… Read more »
Link to Article A warrant for US President Donald Trump comes into the world from a Baghdad court. The arrest warrant is for killing top Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Al-Muhandis who was the deputy commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraq was killed in the saem drone strike as Iranian General Qassem Soleimani near the Baghdad airport… Read more »
link to article Israeli security forces shot dead at least 27 Palestinians across occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel. Of the 27 Palestinians, seven of them were minors. In at least 11 of the 16 killings investigated, “the Palestinians posed no threat to the lives of the forces.” For years now, Israel has been implementing an unlawful open-fire policy in… Read more »
link to article January 4, 2021 Saudi Arabia opened its land border with neighboring country Qatar. Kuwait’s foreign minister stated that it is set to reopen its airspace and sea border as well. With the announcement coming hours before the Gulf Cooperation Council summit (GCC) it is coming clear that a political dispute that led to a boycott on Qatar… Read more »
link to article: Qatar recently has begun expanding its air force going from 12 to 96 fighter jets, with more on the way. The army and navy have also seen a drastic increase in size with Qatar spending billions in order to build an army and protect itself from neighboring countries. Tensions grew between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United… Read more »
link to article Kurdish journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani has been held in solitary confinement since October 7 for, “politically motivated charges.” Sherwani who is a editor in-chief-for monthly magazine company Bashur, was arrested in his home in Serbiran, a village just outside the city of Erbil on October 7. Sherwani was critical of the authorities in the Kurdish region in… Read more »
link As President Trump proposed in his election campaign back in 2016 which was to pull troops out of the middle east, that idea might be coming true in the next couple weeks. The United States has begun making preparations to begin withdrawing diplomats from Iraq and shutting down the embassy in Baghdad. The United States proposed to bring down… Read more »
link Last friday, November 27, Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed after an explosion of a car and gun shots immediately following striked the scientist. It was said that this attack was carried out remotely. Iranian general, Ali Shamkhani told reporters that no doubt it was Israel and its national intelligence agency, that were behind the killing of Fakhrizadeh. Several… Read more »