Michael Pizzi
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 05:57
Washington made its inaugural delivery over the weekend in its new strategy to provide military aid for established anti-ISIL factions in Syria, with U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropping 50 tons of ammunition to what the Pentagon calls “Arab groups” somewhere in the country’s fractured north.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:36
New allegations that U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan were instructed not to report the widespread abuse of boys by commanders in the Afghan police and allied militias could call into question the legality — and strategic wisdom — of U.S. military assistance to the country, legal experts say.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:46
The U.S. is pumping billions of dollars in military aid into the hands of Egypt’s strongman president Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who is using the money to fuel an authoritarian crackdown under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 06:58
Jordan has long called for the creation of such a zone to stem the flow of refugees and keep groups like ISIL at bay
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
Obama and Cuba's Castro greet each other at Mandela memorial, with both sides denying the encounter was planned