Diversions There are at least eight major problems in the world that divert attention and resources from the civil war in Syria: 1. Beginning in mid-February 2014, there has been a crisis in the Ukraine, including the annexation of the Crimea by Russia. Why is the Ukraine crisis relevant ...
Stressing that a political solution was the key, he said, "I will insist on a firm beginning to withdraw the troops and I will insist on a target date to get American combat forces out," except for those necessary to protect U.S. civilians and fight al Qaeda. Sen. John Kerry, the 2...
Telephone system: general assessment: the 2003 war severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; USAID is overseeing the repair of switching capability and the construction of mobile and satellite communication facilities domestic: repairs to switches and lines dest...
But the problem is that the commentators on TV have almost from the beginning adopted a “we” attitude. They now are reporting, “We are advancing. We are taking fire. We are taking prisoners.”So there’s— all objectivity has been dropped. And, as human beings,...
At the end of World War I, Iraq became a British-mandated territory. When it was declared independent in 1932, the Hashemite family, which also ruled Jordan, ruled as a constitutional monarchy. In 1945, Iraq joined the United Nations and became a founding member of the Arab League. In 195...
the beginning of October, there is close to nothing known about IrAF operations during these last days of the October 1973 War. According to public official records of the IrAF, a total of thirty Iraqi combat aircraft were written off between 6 and 24 October 1973, out of which half were ...
Government to ISIL in Iraq and Syria the dysfunctional Iraqi government (June 2014 to Oct 2015) chronicling major Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe and the USA (beginning January 2015)Standler's Essays on Syria & Iraq On 25 July 2018, my 48 essays include more than 14,850 links to ...
damage from military action by an international coalition beginning in January 1991, and neglect of infrastructure drastically reduced economic activity. Government policies of diverting income to key supporters of the regime while sustaining a large military and internal security force further impaired fina...
Early on in the conflict, medical facilities went underground, forming the beginning of a network of field hospitals such as the ones I visited in Homs. The international backers of the Syrian armed opposition on their part imposed stringent sanctions on the Syrian government which contributed to ...
Iraq War, conflict in Iraq (2003–11) that consisted of two phases: a conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops primarily from the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq and defeated Iraqi military forces,