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Tag Archives: middle-east
Kittleson Kidnapping Laid Bare Iraq’s Militia State
Jerusalem Post, 11/4 The (mercifully brief and now concluded) incarceration of the US freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in Iraq at the hands of the Shia militia Ktaeb Hizballah reveals much about who really runs Iraq. The evidence is not encouraging. … Continue reading
On the Road to Damascus
Weekend Australian, January 24, 2025 Kobani “You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in Syria,” Mizgin Khalil tells me, as we sit in her office in Kobani, … Continue reading
What Al-Jolani’s Past Can Reveal About Syria’s Future
Spectator, 13/12 In late February 2012 I was travelling through Syria’s Idleb province. I stayed for a few days in a town called Binnish, not far from the province’s capital. It was, at that time, under the tentative control of … Continue reading
Israel is Likely to Hit Back Hard against Iran
Spectator, 2/10 The Iranian launching of 181 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night followed a similar pattern to the attacks of April 14. Israeli and allied air defences appear to have performed extremely effectively. The damage to the military … Continue reading
Who Killed the Three US Soldiers In Tower 22?
Jerusalem Post, 3/2 On Sunday, January 28, three US service personnel from the US Army Reserve’s 718 Engineer Company were killed at the Tower 22 outpost on the Jordan-Syrian border. An additional 34 soldiers were wounded, some suffering traumatic brain … Continue reading
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