The southern Iraqi city of Basra has been rocked by several days of intense protests against economic inequality, electricity interruptions, and in particular lack of clean water. The situation is moving at a rapid pace, with protesters torching buildings belonging to several different militias within the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), along with government buildings and […]
Recently, Russian-backed propagandist Eva Bartlett wrote an article for RT news about the upcoming “false flag” chemical weapons attack in Syria. I have taken the time to debunk her article here. In a move that was entirely predictable, the US administration is once again threatening to bomb Syria if there is a “chemical weapons […]
The following article was written by a guest author, @AuntTed and has been forwarded to The Fulda Gap for posting. Violent clashes between student activists and authorities in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka have continued for three days following over a week of student protests for stricter road safety conditions in the country. On 29 […]
Two right-wing extremist organizations, Patriot Prayer (led and instigated by Washington state senate hopeful Joey Gibson) and the Proud Boys, are descending on the city of Portland, Oregon, in an attempt to provoke a response from their left-wing (what Gibson labels as “liberal”) adversaries. Gibson’s incitement to violence, which is not protected speech under the […]
In an effort to promote understanding and transparency regarding the war in Syria, we have chosen several sets of documents and highlighted important sections. This first batch of documents pertain to the use of chemical weapons. Documents from the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) as pertain to the conflict in syria Document […]
On 8 May 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Iran “Nuclear Deal”, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Shortly afterward, Israeli jets attacked the southern Damascus neighborhood of Al-Kiswah, allegedly targeting Iranian rocket launchers in the area which were being aimed at Israeli […]
background and domestic issues Armenia sits at a historical crossroads. While the protests which continue as of this writing started as recently as April 2018, the issues themselves run deeper and further back. The main focus of the protests that broke out this year was the continued rule of Serzh Sargsyan. First entering the public […]
American, British, and French naval and air forces have launched a series of strikes against several Syrian government buildings across Syria in response to the April 7, 2018 Douma gas attack. Rumors had circulated since the attack on the 7th that the United States intended to strike at Assad in retaliation, with Friday the 13th […]
The war formally began in the early hours of 19 March 2003 with a series of non-nuclear strikes against top Iraqi/Ba’ath party officials. F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters and Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from surface warships and submarines in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf attacked locations around Baghdad, including a place called Dora Farms. […]
On 19 March 2003, the United States, along with a token handful of other countries, invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The invasion, arguably one of the biggest strategic blunders in American history, has resulted in at least 1,000,000 Iraqi deaths and has spawned an insurgency, a civil war, and an international terrorist group (Daesh). As the […]
