A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...
Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey
Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and ...
In Syria, Comedians Explore a Stage With No Limits. For Now.
Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a ...
Sen. McCormick’s vote for Tulsi Gabbard was shocking| PennLive letters
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick recently said, “In a world as dangerous as ours, America needs the strongest possible leadership at ...
Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad
Hundreds of Syrian politicians and activists gathered Tuesday in Damascus to endorse the opening steps of the country’s ...
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Now the Hard Part: Defense, Intelligence, FBI, and Trump’s War on the Status Quo
Musk has already achieved its main purpose of letting domestic bureaucrats know that the president is in charge and will ...
Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s spy chief makes sense, actually
How a veteran with very little experience in foreign intelligence ended up overseeing the nation's spy agencies.
Palantir’s Call to Arms Is Also a Sales Pitch
What really makes The Technological Republic so bad is that it’s not a book at all, but a piece of corporate sales material. The overriding message is “Buy Palantir!” and it is delivered with many ...
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Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
Ahead of Gabbard's confirmation vote, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat and former CIA analyst, said in a Senate floor speech on Tuesday that Gabbard “has shown a repeated preference for ...
Mary Trump Warns DNI Gabbard Could Lead To 'Catastrophic Outcome': 'A Known Russian Asset,' Defender of 'Murderous Dictator' Assad
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's contentious selection, has been confirmed as the new Director of National ...
America Opens the Door to Its Adversaries
All nine Republicans on the Intelligence Committee, and every Republican senator except Mitch McConnell, nonetheless voted to ...
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Syria receives local currency printed in Russia before Assad's fall
DUBAI - Syria's central bank said a batch of Syrian currency had arrived at Damascus airport from Russia, where banknotes were printed under the rule of toppled President Bashar al-Assad ...