OPINION

By Billy Briggs In a new report, a British anti-poverty charity puts Britain at the center of a growing global mercenary industry worth around $560 million to companies in the United Kingdom alone. In its report, “Mercenaries Unleashed: The brave new world of private military and security companies,” …

While Russia and Saudi Arabia may have reached some sort of understanding regarding the production of oil, the Syrian question remains unresolved and it is likely to remain so unless the ‘production’ of proxy groups is absolutely cut down to zero. Against the Syrian forces’ successful operations against …

LEONIE ANSEMS DE VRIES, GLENDA GARELLI, and MARTINA TAZZIOLI The fracturing demands a rethink of the terms usually employed for describing migration movements, such as ‘route’ and ‘border crossing.’ Introduction to a rethink. In the past few years, transit points have increasingly become the landmarks of transient populations …

Ken Thomas & Julie Pace The election calendar may have Democrats voting next in South Carolina, but Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are eyeing bigger prizes in March, a month that will determine whether the Vermont senator can keep pace in the White House race. Clinton shook off …

Syria’s likely campaign plan for the all important push into ISIS-half eastern part of the country to preempt Turkish/Saudi/US designs on that piece of Syria territory. Moon of Alabama There is today a lot of indignation in “western” media over the Russian air campaign in Syria. One, two, …

Russian President gives televised address to the Russian people explaining the terms of the agreement Russia has negotiated with the US to bring peace to Syria. The official text of the Russian President’s speech announcing the US-Russian ceasefire agreement was first published by Russia’s Presidential website. Friends, I …

The US media is skillfully lying about world affairs, delivering contrived narratives that are generated by the Pentagon, the State Department and the White House and misinforming the public; the ignorance this process generates is very dangerous because Americans “act on it”, according to foreign policy expert Stephen …

With tensions escalating in the South China Sea, the US Army is discussing the possibility of sending mobile artillery units to the region. Over the weekend, US President Barack Obama stated that his administration would continue to challenge Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. “We think China is …

 The political party registration process for the March 20 parliamentary elections ended Feb. 20 with a six-party list that includes 234 candidates approved by the Central Election Commission (CEC). On the same day, the nomination of candidates for maslikhat (regional legislatures) elections was also completed. Campaigning, which began …