Leaked video of US security contractors in Afghanistan getting blackout drunk and high on narcotics reveals "what former employees say was a pattern of outrageous behavior that put American lives at risk and went undetected by U.S. military officials who are supposed...
Yemeni MP: Drones ‘Prepare the Ground for al-Qaeda’
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is supported by Washington with money and weapons, in part because he allows the US to bomb his country with drones, but Hadi may be losing domestic political support for his accommodative policies towards US aggression. With...
Shi’ite Iraqi Militants Fight Rebel Groups in Syria, in Increasingly Sectarian Proxy War
Iraqi Shi'ite militants have crossed the border to fight in Syria, often alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops, adding to the sectarian nature of the proxy war there. The news that Shi'ite Iraqi militias are fighting in Syria with the Assad regime and against...
UN Investigator: Foreign Jihadists Threaten to Radicalize Syrian Rebellion
UN Investigator: Foreign Jihadists Threaten to Radicalize Syrian Rebellion | Human rights violations ‘escalate dramatically’ on both sides
Obama, Romney Spar Over Whether President Described Benghazi Attack as ‘Act of Terror’
In Tuesday night's presidential debate, President Obama countered Mitt Romney's charge that he failed to describe the attack on the US consulate building in Benghazi, Libya last month as a terrorist attack, insisting that he "get the transcript." The town hall style...
Syrian Rebel Factions Unite Under Umbrella Group
Syrian Rebel Factions Unite Under Umbrella Group | Deal likely won’t include several jihadist factions
Pakistani Girl’s Shooting an ‘Opportunity’ for War, Former Envoy Insists
Pakistani Girl’s Shooting an ‘Opportunity’ for War, Former Envoy Insists | Anger at Pakistani Taliban, but no consensus on strategy against them
US Court Reverses Conviction of Bin Laden’s Driver
US Court Reverses Conviction of Bin Laden’s Driver | Being bin Laden’s driver before war not a war crime
Taliban Influence Grows in Afghanistan’s ‘Safest Province’
Taliban Influence Grows in Afghanistan’s ‘Safest Province’ | Bamiyan cut off from rest of the world
90 Reported Slain as Syria Pounds Rebel-Held North
90 Reported Slain as Syria Pounds Rebel-Held North | Strikes target rebel strongholds in Idlib, Aleppo