Monthly Archives: July 2023

Tsurkov Kidnapping Shows Who Really Runs Iraq

Jerusalem Post, 28/7 The kidnapping of the Russian-Israeli Princeton doctoral student and Middle East analyst Elizabeth Tsurkov in Baghdad is the latest indication of who really runs Iraq.  The Ktaeb Hizballah organization, identified by the government of Israel and by … Continue reading

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Report from the Frontlines in Bakhmut

(A version of this article appeared in The Australian weekend edition, 22/7) ‘We think we’re doing well and moving forward, and that no other force could move faster than us,’  Oleg, 42, a company sergeant major in the Ukrainian Army’s … Continue reading

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Pro-Assad activists seek to get Elizabeth Tsurkov killed

The pro-Assad activists at Electronic Intifada, in an article entitled ‘What we know about Elizabeth Tsurkov’ are trying their feeble best to get a Jewish woman currently held in Iraq murdered. I’m not going to link to their site, so … Continue reading

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