Record Casualties From Drought In The Middle East: On Wednesday, November 7, 2023, a new analysis by the World Weather Attribution organization, that catastrophic droughts in Syria, Iraq, and Iran since 2020 have not been caused by human-induced global warming. High temperatures since 2020 would...
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and the Arab League Secretary-General will create a ministerial contact group to work with the Syrian government to solve the issue. [1] Imran Khan Placed On Arrest: On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Imran Khan, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, was ...
Iraq’s famous and prominent Lake Sawa has dried up for the first time in its centuries-long history and locals believe that it is due to mismanagement by local investors, government neglect, and climate change. Lake Sawa appears in some old Islamic texts. It is said the lake miraculously f...
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the 2024 presidential race is as tight and tense as any in recent memory. America’s almost suspiciously divided voters are within the margin of error for a dead tie in many polls, includingin the important swing states— although the tide is tu...
Twenty years ago there was a similar fervor in favor of invading Afghanistan and Iraq; thirty years ago for going to war with Iraq over Kuwait; when I was young the necessity of fighting communism in Vietnam. None of those ventures turned out very well, and I suppose it's at least a ...
Case in point: I was riding in the passenger seat in a car with my friend Diane in the driver’s seat. This was close to a decade ago. We were discussing an Iraq War veteran’s impassioned speech before her church group, where the embittered vet called into question the reasoning for ...
Clearly some extraordinary change must take place in the Middle East to convince the Israelis that they no longer need a military and can tear down all their border walls and fences. It is possible that Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and possibly the countries of the Arabian peninsula will ...
Iraq adopts a traditional perspective and a normal housing approach. The current standards are outdated and do not keep pace with the changes of the times, which imposes the need to update those standards to a sustainable level, which represents an important goal. Local studies to update housing...
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in Iraq and Afghanistan, giving troops secure, but small spaces. Due to strict rules of engagement, American soldiers are not allowed to participate in combat in Central America. In fact, U.S. troops are only allowed to fire in self-defense so the mission in Honduras was designed for a ...