Category Archives: Near East
Yemen cholera epidemic kills 2,000, infects 500,000 as outbreak hits ‘grim milestone’
The cholera outbreak in Yemen, which began in April, has now killed 2,000 people and infected 500,000 in what the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as “largest epidemic in the world.”
While the outbreak slowed in July in the worst affected areas, the waterborne disease continues to spread to new areas, creating additional strain on the limited resources available to deal with the crisis.
US-led coalition used banned white phosphorus on civilians in Syria – Damascus to UN
| Macron-Libya: the Rothschild Connection
by Manlio Dinucci
“What is happening today in Libya is the nub of a destabilization programme holding a myriad of complexities”. So declared President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee, as he concluded an agreement that “paves the way for peace and national reconciliation”.
Has the US lost the war in Syria? The blame game begins
by Darius Shahtahmasebi
By ending the “secret” CIA program to arm and train Syrian rebels attempting to topple Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the Trump administration has accepted defeat in Syria, according to the Century Foundation, a prominent New York-based think tank.
US-Trained Iraqi Soldiers Committing War Crimes in Mosul
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There have been more than a few stories in the last couple of weeks detailing myriad war crimes by the Iraqi military in Mosul. A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) takes that a step further by linking a specific Iraqi Army division, the 16th Division, to multiple incidents.
