Walid Phares discusses new jihadist group in Syria
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Mullikin named Explorers Club Fellow
South Carolina-based global expedition leader joins elite international organization By Chris Carter NEW YORK, N.Y. – South Carolina-based environmental attorney and global expedition Thomas S. Mullikin was welcomed into the famed Explorers Club as a “Fellow” during ceremonies at the [Click here to read more]
24 Feb. Research – Wagner Group
Don’t Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria (By Eli Lake, Bloomberg) Mattis gave Putin “plausible deniability” for a military assault that went badly awry. Conflict Intelligence Team What we know about the shadowy Russian mercenary firm behind an [Click here to read more]
Feb. 23 Newslinks
It appears that the Putin-linked Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, indicted for his alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, is also tied to the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group (Grupa Vagnera). As many as 300 Wagner mercenaries and their [Click here to read more]
Feb. 15, 2018 Newslinks
Relations between Washington and Islamabad? It’s Complicated (CipherBrief) “Current U.S.-Pakistan relations remain strained as the U.S. maintains that Pakistan’s security and intelligence services are doing the minimum to hunt America’s militant enemies within its borders.” The Russian Way of War: [Click here to read more]
Feb. 14, 2018 Newslinks
CIA Ex-Director Brennan’s Perjury Peril (By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations) “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes next plans to investigate the role former CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama intelligence officials played in promoting the salacious and unverified Steele dossier on [Click here to read more]
Georgia state house seeks to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment
100 years ago, the United States ratified an amendment to the Constitution that changed the way America chose its senators. The amendment’s supporters said that senators directly elected by the people would not only be more democratic, but also less [Click here to read more]
Iran’s Shifting Posture on Syria
“A number of members of the Qods Force are present in Syria, but this does not constitute a military presence.” –Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari Iranian military presence in Syria, even in an advisory and ‘intellectual’ role, has major implications [Click here to read more]
Arab Spring or Arab Nightmare?
A Victory Institute Exclusive Op-Ed by Jordan Schachtel After nearly two years of protests and uprisings, the “Arab Spring” label is beginning to fade. The chants of “Death to the Dictator” in Cairo and Tripoli were welcomed by Western academics [Click here to read more]