On Thursday, Feb. 3, President Biden proudly announced the death of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) leader Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. According to the official reports, when U.S. Special Forces raided his compound in northwestern Syria, al-Qurayshi...
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. He is the former intelligence chief, and his appointment enraged ordinary Iraqis. In spite of COVID-19, they took to the streets. Calls immediately went out...
We are living in a world dominated by war. For those in the middle of the wars it is a life of chaos and crisis. In the U.S. and other countries distant from the fighting, the wars have other impacts. Regardless of what we are told, the wars have the same underlying...
U.S. warplanes have started bombing communities in Syria and Iraq, targeting the group called ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. In the last year, ISIS has rapidly extended its control into areas of both Iraq and Syria, which produce large amounts of oil,...
Ten years ago, in March 2003, the U.S. government launched an invasion and occupation of Iraq. The last ten years have meant the devastation of Iraq and its population. The infrastructure from water to sanitation to health care has been destroyed. The population is...
