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There Is Still Hope for Rojava

January 7, 2019

Kurds have established a democratic state in Syria. Can the United States help it survive?

How the United States Kept Arms Flowing into South Sudan

December 12, 2018

South Sudan faces several arms embargo. How has the government continued to get weapons?

With Nearly 400,000 Dead in South Sudan, Will the U.S. Change Policy?

November 15, 2018

It's a war as brutal as the one in Syria. Will the Trump administration pay any serious attention to it?

Visions of War and Wealth in the Middle East

August 7, 2018

U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan is part of a long-term strategy to gain regional influence and access to resources.

A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle East

January 19, 2018

The U.S. foreign policy elite still wants the Middle East for its oil and its strategic location.

Killing Civilians in Iraq and Syria

July 24, 2017

The Trump administration has shifted from extermination to annihilation in its war against the Islamic State.