The current Turkish struggle with IS is a complete reversal from the early years of the Syrian civil war, when Turkey supported opposition against Assad.
The current Turkish struggle with IS is a complete reversal from the early years of the Syrian civil war, when Turkey supported opposition against Assad.
This week has not been about nuclear weapons or arms control, but about controlling three wildly malfunctioning units at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged following last Friday’s devastating 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. The operators of the plant in Sendai, just near the epicenter of the huge quake, found themselves racing against […]
Last month, Iran was shaken by a suicide attack in its province, Sistan Baluchestan. The attack killed more than 42 people, including 15 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Here is an Al Jazeera report that examines the root causes of discontent in this province: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/bySZvaQMv5w” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The report reveals that lack […]
Iranians have once again taken to the streets in Tehran. But this time, instead of hearing slogans fulminating against the government, you hear people mourning the deaths of their loved ones in Sunday’s suicide attack in southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan. Here is an Al-Jazeera report on how Iranians are coping with the suicide attack that killed at […]
The terrorist attacked that killed more than 42 people, including 11 commanders of Iran’s elite Islamic Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is being blamed on Pakistan. Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Pakistan of having links to the bombers who carried out a suicide attack. President Ahmadinejad is quoted as saying that he knew “some security agents […]