Turkey (GPA) – The last few days have seen both renewed commitments between Turkey and their allies to fight terrorism in Syria and Turkish troops and rebels clashing with the same forces they should be working with. It’s been a busy…
United Kingdom (GPA) – In the first day of testimony in the U.K.’s high court hearings on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, it’s been shown that many of Britain’s top civil servants warned the government to at least freeze sales. Today…
Yemen (GPA) – In the early hours of Monday morning, Yemeni Popular Resistance Forces successfully hit a Riyadh military base with a long range surface to surface Scud missile. Saudi authorities have yet to comment on the incident. In fact local Saudi sources are…
Yemen (GPA) – Someone’s Navy Has Been Shelling Yemen For Days, US Denies Blame According to several Yemeni government officials, someone has been shelling al Qaeda positions from a naval vessel off the coast. The officials say it seems to be…
Iran (GPA) – After an alleged nuclear capable missile test by Iran on Sunday, US President Donald Trump went on an early morning Twitter rant against the country, but Iranian leaders don’t seem to care. Iran’s Weapon Test: What Really Happened…
United States (GPA) – President Donald Trump took phone calls over the weekend from two key US allies to discuss the future of his administration’s Middle East policy. Trump took calls from two of the major terror exporters this weekend, King…
China (GPA) – In a rare move, Chinese media publicly announced the movement of several nuclear missiles to the northeastern most region of Heilongjiang. On Tuesday the English language Chinese media outlet Global Times, typically used to test the waters for…
United States (GPA) – After months of statements in his presidential campaign that “safe zones” for refugees in Syria proposed by Hillary Clinton were likely to start World War Three, Donald Trump has apparently revived the idea. In an extended interview with…
United States (Tasnim) – US president Donald Trump said he believes torture works as his administration readied a sweeping review that could lead to resumption of banned practices including waterboarding and reopening CIA-run “black site” prisons outside the United States. In…
Palestine (GPA) – In two separate statements, leaders from both Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Hamas warned about the dangers of Donald Trump’s proposal to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The first statement, in the form of a…
China (GPA) – In an unprecedented move, China has scrapped plans for 85 new coal burning power plants and several other coal energy facilities across eleven provinces. Following China’s recent announcement to invest $360 billion on renewable energy by 2020, the…
Turkey (GPA) – A leaked report by European Union intelligence allegedly shows that Erdogan planned purges of military officials before July and that it was this plan, not exiled cleric Fetullah Gülen that sparked the coup. The secret report was assembled…
Syria (GPA) – The Syrian government has appealed to the United Nations to punish Israel for an alleged rocket attack on a major military airbase yesterday about two hours after a suicide bombing in Damascus. Last night Damascus was hit by…
Israel (GPA) – The leading cause of death among the IDF in 2016 was suicide– accounting for over a third of all deaths. The trend has remained stable since 2013. 41 soldiers died while enrolled in military service last year– 15…
Yemen (GPA) – According to reports, at least 8 children have died and at least 15 more have been injured after a Saudi airstrike “mistakenly” hit an elementary school in the Sana’a district of Nihm. Sources on the ground say that over…
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