The Name of the Fight
Credit Illustration by Tom Bachtell “Mr. President, everybody is asking in this country, are we or are we not at war?” a reporter asked Harry Truman at a White House press conference on June 29, 1950. It was a reasonable question: two days earlier, in response to a swift, unexpected advance of North ...
Lindsey Graham Freaks Out At Obama's ISIS Strategy
US Sen Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said the idea that the US will never have ground troops in Syria is a "fantasy," while ripping President Barack Obama's strategy to defeat the extremist group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS). Graham, one of the most prominent foreign-policy hawks in t ...
U.S. intelligence agencies remain uncertain about danger posed by Islamic State
Hours before President Obama announced a new U.S. military offensive against the Islamic State, one of his top counter terrorism officials testified to Congress that the al-Qaeda offshoot had an estimated 10,000 fighters. The next day a new assessment arrived from the CIA: The terrorist organization ...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Okay, so it’s maybe not the catchiest title for a film, but whatever you do, don’t let it put you off. I’m sure you’ll be surprised just how much you enjoy this film - that is, of course, assuming you’ve not already read the book by Paul Torday ...
Gulf Initiative backers blame Houthis for Yemen unrest
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The 10 backers of the Gulf Initiative have blamed the Shi’ite Houthi movement for the unrest in the Yemeni capital Sana’a and the Al-Jawf province, large parts of which are under the control of the group. In a statement on ...
Rights group urges Yemen to probe use of force
SANAA, Yemen — An international rights group urged Yemeni authorities on Sunday to investigate what it called "unnecessary use of lethal force" against demonstrators led by Shiite rebels in the capital who are demanding the reinstatement of fuel ...
