The Empire Files: ‘This Ship is Sinking’ Says Former Bush Official

Baghdad (AFP) – An air strike has disabled the last bridge linking eastern and western Mosul, a city Iraqi forces are fighting to retake from jihadists, residents and a provincial official said. Iraqi forces have advanced into eastern Mosul — which is divided by the […]

Russia said on Thursday it would support a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, a move the U.N. Syria envoy said would allow aid to reach besieged areas soon, as long as all sides respect the temporary truce. As pictures of a dazed child pulled from the […]

In preparation for an offensive on Mosul, a major stronghold of Daesh (also known as ISIS/Islamic state) in Iraq, a new weapon, in the form of a robot armed with a machine gun, will reportedly be deployed. An image made available by the jihadist Twitter […]