The Iraqi Army has no reserves. That means whenever the Iraqi Army (IA) is forced to deploy anywhere in the country, they are moving forces from a different location that needs to be secured. Most of the IA forces are tied down policing or securing formerly Daesh-held territory. The IA has also never had […]
The protester, a 27-year-old Iraqi man, frantically flicked his lighter in the night, hoping to spark the gasoline-soaked rag protruding from the bottle in his hands. His entire life has led to this moment. He was born in 1991, the year the American military obliterated the Iraqi Army in Kuwait, sending the remnants staggering […]
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 […]
Yesterday in British Parliament Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry’s address urging a unbiased and transparent investigation into the events in Gaza on May 14 went viral. In an opening statement prefacing Thornberry by the Minister of State Alistair Burt, Hamas’s role in inciting violence at the protests is to be taken into account, “…but the […]
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 […]
