Iraqi Kurds have voted in favor of the creation of an independent state amid high tensions with the Iraqi government over the issue. The High Elections and Referendum Commission said on Wednesday that more than 92.73 percent of voters supported the idea of Iraqi ...

Voiceover by Harold Hoover On Monday, Syrian government forces renewed efforts to capture the strategic area of the T-2 Pumping Station near the border with Iraq. The pumping station is one of the last ISIS strong points between the government-held ...

by Eric Zuesse Propaganda frequently masquerades as ‘news’. A ‘news’ narrative’s relevant background needs to be understood, in order for the reader or hearer to be able to understand anything of the truth, from the propaganda, rather than be fooled by ...

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German Federal Returning Officer said that the German conservative CDU/CSU bloc won German parliamentary election receiving 33 percent. The German conservative bloc, made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), wins German parliamentary election receiving ...

By now many of you must have heard the news: a Russian Lieutenant-General, Valery Asapov, and two Colonels have been killed in what appears to be a very precisely targeted mortar attack.  Just as in the case of the Russian military police ...

The US is increasing its military involvement in the Afghanistan conflict in an attempt to take an upper hand in a battle against the Taliban. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced on September 18 that the US will send more ...

Pyongyang claimed on Saturday that launching ballistic missiles toward the US is “inevitable all the more” due to US President Donald Trump’s labelling of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un as “rocket man”. Just hours after USAF B-1B nuclear-weapon-capable bombers flew close to the northern ...

The Russian Defense Ministry released aerial footage of the Daesh positions north of Syria’s city of Deir ez-Zor that showed the US equipment deployed in the area. The ministry posted photos on its Facebook account. “The aerial photographs, taken on September ...