Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations and Arab League special envoy to Syria, has stepped down from his position. Brahimi took the position in 2012, but resigned largely due to his failure to successfully progress towards making peace between the warring
At least 21 people were killed and 82 wounded on May 13th when seven cars bombs exploded “almost simultaneously” in Iraq. According to Business Standard, one of the bombs went off in Sadr City, killing one and injuring nine. Another
The militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are using their full control of the northern Syrian capital of Raqa to ban mannequins in shop windows and impose a ban on men buying women’s underwear. The
In what can only be described as a momentous sign that Saudi Arabia can no longer defeat Iran’s ambitions to rebuild its Persian Empire, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 13th told a news conference in Riyadh that
The Sunni Muslim Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), led by Saudi Arabia, appears to be forming an “Arab NATO” military alliance according to Stratfor Intelligence. The alliance would initially include Morocco and Jordan, but over time it would probably also seek
Violence erupted during Mother’s Day weekend in Chicago, as four were killed, including a mother of three children. An additional 22 were wounded in the Windy City. Those killed were a teen of unreported age, who died on Sunday in the
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants in Iraq launched an audacious attack on a military barracks in a remote area in the country’s north and killed 20 troops overnight, including some who had been bound and shot at close range, authorities said
On “Fox News Sunday,” Benghazi Select Committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said the National Republican Congressional Committee should not raise money off the terrorist attack. But Gowdy also pointed to the Democrats hypocrisy in bringing up fundraising as issue
The Department of Veterans Affairs still issues a monthly pension payment to 84-year-old Irene Triplett, for her father’s service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Triplett is “the last child of any Civil War veteran still on the
Militants attacked a military base in north Iraq, kidnapped 20 soldiers and later shot them dead, police and a morgue employee said on Sunday. The soldiers were abducted by a large group of militants in several vehicles from a small
Thursday during the debate on the Benghazi Select Committee, Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) addressed his Democrat colleagues criticizing Republicans for using references to Benghazi fundraising material. Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) narrowly prevailed in arguably the most formidable electoral challenge he has faced in his 20-year congressional career, beating Taylor Griffin, a first-time candidate, former Bush administration official, and Eastern North Carolina native who was backed by
David Cameron has waded into the increasingly acrimonious battle over the publication of the report into the war on Iraq according to the Mail. The report by Sir John Chilcot has suffered multiple delays to its publication, and there are
On November 4, 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama said, “Change has come to America.” That change is most evident today in voters’ opinion of the benefits of United States world involvement. The newest Wall Street Journal/NBC surveys “portray a public weary of
In what has become a familiar pattern, Chicago experienced another wave of weekend shootings this past weekend. This time four died and 24 others were wounded. In one case, four were shot at one time during a River North neighborhood
During the Iraq War, Navy SEAL teams were aided by various interpreters hired to go with them on missions and talk to suspected insurgents and families/friends of the those insurgents in their native tongue. An interpreter to whom SEAL teams
Speaking of free expression versus mob rule, chalk up another win for the Heckler’s Veto, as a gang of whiny malcontents manages to scuttle Condoleeza Rice’s commencement address to Rutgers. The Associated Press reports: Rice said in a statement Saturday
From The Economist: “Why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force?” America’s cerebral president betrayed a rare flash of frustration on April 28th when dealing with a question in Asia about his country’s “weakness”. Barack Obama
A growing number of Syrian Christian leaders are traveling to the United States to plead with lawmakers to stop sending arms to the rebels. The most recent visitor is the Patriarch of the Church of Antioch, His Beatitude Gregorios III,
While previously in a five-year decline, terrorist activity increased significantly in 2013, from the work of Islamist extremists to Greek anarchists to lone wolf attackers in America. According to a new report released by the United States Department of State
After watching a soldier who had suffered traumatic injury from an IED being carried off a passenger plane, thoroughbred owner George “Chip” McEwen decided his horse–Uncle Sigh–would race for the Wounded Warrior Project going forward. This weekend, Uncle Sigh races
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is forging ahead
Iraqi citizens risk threats of violence and stringent security in order to cast a vote in the first parliamentary election since the U.S. withdrawal of troops from the country in 2011. Risk of violence plays a lesser role for Iraqi
Radical Islamist groups fighting in Syria continue to conduct atrocities and executions. Now, reports indicate that extremists fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have publicly crucified two Syrian rebels. The executions allegedly took place in Raqqa, a
Fourteen people have died, and Islamist militants threaten to attack as many others as they can, but the national elections go on nonetheless in Iraq today, as voters return to the polls for the first time since the United States
