In late 2016, the focus of the war in Syria turned to the nation’s largest city, Aleppo. Aleppo was seen as the turning point in the war, and if it had fallen to the opposition it is likely the Bashar al-Assad regime would have fallen with it. Thus, it was seen as a key location […]

On 15 October 2019, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) made several comments during a Democratic presidential candidate debate, comments which called for an end to “US-led regime change wars in the Middle East”. A tacky attempt to weasel her way out of opposing wars in general, designating the war in Syria a “US regime change war” […]

On 1 October 2019, protesters in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad took to the streets to demonstrate against government corruption, high unemployment, and lack of basic services. Less than one week later, over 100 young Iraqis lay dead and many thousands more have been wounded. With tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia sky-high, America […]