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Updated March 16, 2021 - 10:15 AM EDT
Iran: Revive Deal Before Presidential Elections
 
  Iran Says Has 'Right to Respond' After Latest Ship Attack
  Iran Tells UN It Had No Role in Rocket Attacks on US Bases in Iraq
US Increases Dominance as Global Arms Supplier
 
  How Defense Industry Survived – and Thrived – During the Pandemic
War Over Russia Erupts at the Atlantic Council
North Korea Suggests US Avoid 'Causing a Stink'
Erdogan Wants West's Full Support Behind Turkey in Syria
Houthis Call Blinken's Statement on Yemen 'Positive'
UK to Seek Influence in Indo-Pacific to Counter China
CENTCOM Chief Warns Against May 1st Afghan Pullout
Viewpoints
item Stealth Commitment: How the Syrian Kurds Became US 'Allies'  by Ted Galen Carpenter
item Vaccinating Palestinians When It Serves Israel  by Maureen Clare Murphy
item NATO Deployments to Iraq Are Meant To Pressure Iran – They Will Instead Be Hostage  by Bernhard
item War Over Russia Erupts at the Atlantic Council  by Dave DeCamp
item Why the US Should Reverse Course on Venezuela  by Ramzy Baroud
item Joe Biden Is Following a
Blueprint for Forever War  by Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)

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Egypt Offers Military Support to Sahel Nations in Bid to Counter Turkey
Facebook, News Corp Reach Three-Year Deal in Australia
Progressive House Members Call on White House To Support Palestinian Rights
'One and United': Libya Interim Govt Sworn In
 
Iraq
Iraq Daily Roundup: Three Killed; Protests Resume
Seven Rockets Target Iraq Base Housing US Troops; Five Hit Nearby Village
Demonstrations Continue in Several Iraqi Cities, With Activists Threatening to Escalate Tactics
Iraq Set to Offer Foreign Visitors Two-Month Visas on Arrival
Iraqi Drug Trafficker Freed in Ambush While Traveling to Court
Syria
Syria: UK Announces New Sanctions on Assad Officials
Four-Year-Old Canadian Girl Released From Syrian Detention Camp
Two Iraqi Refugees Shot Dead in Syria's Al-Hol Camp
Syria: Landmark Legal Case in Russia Brought Against Military Contractor Over Abuses
Foreign Courts Lead the Way in Prosecuting Syrian War Crimes
Iran
Iran Says US Should Lift Sanctions, Guarantee Trump's Mistakes Will Not Be Repeated
Iran Charges Detained French Tourist With Spying: Lawyer
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Inaugurates New Underground Missile Facility
Saudi Arabia
Online Fury in Saudi Arabia After Dubai Deputy Police Chief's Mecca Tweet
Saudi Arabia Arrests Hundreds in Its Latest Corruption Crackdown
Trial of Imprisoned Saudi Scholar Delayed for Four Months
Israel/Palestine
US Lawmakers Urge Israel to Vaccinate Palestinians as 'Occupying Entity'
Palestinian Rivals Fatah, Hamas to Meet in Cairo to Discuss Elections
Israel's Gantz Warns Hezbollah Not to 'Test' the Power of IDF
Netanyahu UAE Trip: Israel's PM Uses Jordan as Fall Guy to Cover Up Blunder
Israeli Hospital to Expand to UAE and Treat Military Personnel
Netanyahu Said to Have Blocked Ashkenazi Trip to Open Israeli Missions in UAE
Palestinians Lambast Netanyahu's Visit to Archaeological Site Near Settler Outpost
Middle East
Missiles Fired by Houthis Hit Uninhabited Areas, Saudis Say
Turkey Tells Israel, Greece, EU to Seek Permission for Work in East Mediterranean Waters
Britain
Britain's Trident Nuclear Warhead Numbers Set to Increase for First Time Since Cold War
Police, Spies, and Legal Experts Forming New Counter Terrorism Operations Center in UK
Venezuela
African Court Orders Release of Ally of Maduro Wanted by US
Cashless Venezuela? Maduro Mulls Digital Payments Amid Shortage
Americas
Ecuador Indigenous Group Urges Supporters to Spoil Ballots in Presidential Vote
Bolivia's Jeanine Anez Ordered to Four Months Pre-Trial Detention
US Military
New US Army Doctrine Coming Summer 2022
Navy Still Considering Bringing Back US 1st Fleet
Virginia Lawmakers Prepare to Battle the Pentagon Over a Potential Cut to the Carrier Fleet
 
China
US Moves to Boost Military Presence in Indo-Pacific Amid China 'Threat'
China's Arms Sales Drop as 'Other Nations Buy American'
Xiaomi Shares Spike 10% After US Judge Blocks Trump-Era Restrictions
Sharp Jump in US Navy Transits to Counter China Under Trump
American Rescue Plan: China Moves to Counter 'Turmoil in Financial Markets' as Policy Divergence Widens With US
Myanmar
Death Toll in Weeks of Myanmar Protests Passes 180: Activist Group
US Says Myanmar Military's Violence Against Protesters Is 'Immoral and Indefensible'
China Takes Toughest Line Yet on Myanmar Crisis as Turmoil Escalates
Chinese in Fear in Myanmar After Attacks on Factories
32 Chinese-Invested Factories Vandalized in Attacks in Myanmar: Global Times
Taiwan Tells Firms in Myanmar to Fly Flags to Distinguish From China
Security Forces Fire on Myanmar Protests, Martial Law Tightens Military Grip
Myanmar Court Delays Suu Kyi's Hearing as More Protesters Killed
Policemen, Firemen Among Over 400 Myanmar Nationals Seeking Shelter in India
Afghanistan
US Envoy for Afghan Peace Process Back in Kabul After Meeting Taliban in Qatar
US Says Envoy Khalilzad to Attend Afghan Peace Conference in Moscow
Afghan Peace Talks Should Rotate Among Countries, Envoy Says Amid Stall
Jamiat Leaders Meet Despite Feud to Discuss Afghan Peace
Minister Says Afghan Forces Can Hold Their Own
Kabul: 15 Wounded in Minibus Bombing
Three Female Afghan Govt Workers Killed in Kabul Blast
Death Toll From Sunday's Blasts in Kabul Rises to Five
Asia
China, North Korea Top Agenda as Blinken Begins First Asian Tour
Bangladesh Court Orders Probe Into Torture Claims by Cartoonist
Hypersonic and Directed-Energy Weapons: Who's Winning the Race in the Asia-Pacific?
NATO
Massive, Army-Led NATO Exercise Defender Europe Kicks Off
Ethiopia/Sudan
Sudan Formally Requests Four-Party Mediation in Ethiopian Dam Row
Ethiopia: MSF Condemns Widespread Attacks on Tigray Clinics
Africa
15 Massacred in East DR Congo, ADF Militia Suspected
Gunmen Raid School in Nigeria's Kaduna, Seize Three Teachers
Egypt Offers Military Support to Sahel Nations in Bid to Counter Turkish Influence
Uganda's Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Arrested During Protest
Kenya Boycotts ICJ Hearing on Somalia Sea Boundary Row
Eastern Libya Forces Say Arrested 'Prominent ISIS Leader' Abu Omar
Mali: Court Ends Trial of Former Coup Leader, 15 Others, Citing Reconciliation Law
Morocco Hopes for Israeli Tourism Boost When Flights Resume
 
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Columnists

Ramzy Baroud
3/16/2021
Why the US Should Reverse Course on Venezuela

Ted Galen Carpenter
3/16/2021
Stealth Commitment: How the Syrian Kurds Became US 'Allies'

Dave DeCamp
3/16/2021
War Erupts Inside the Atlantic Council Over Article Questioning Washington’s Hostile Approach to Moscow

Ted Snider
3/15/2021
Latin American Coups and Bothersome Democracy

Sheldon Richman
3/15/2021
U(nspeakably) S(adistic) Foreign Policy

Doug Bandow
3/15/2021
Bring Americans Home from Iraq's Endless War

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
3/11/2021
The Military's Africa Gambit: Faux Intellectuals and Their False Assumptions Strike Again

Reese Erlich
3/05/2021
Biden's Bombing of Syria Is a Dangerous Step Backward

Scott Horton
3/03/2021
How's the War on Terrorism Going?

David R. Henderson
12/11/2020
Chuck Yeager on War Crimes

Lucy Steigerwald
5/15/2020
Jackson State and Forgotten History

Justin Raimondo
9/16/2019
The FBI vs. Antiwar.com
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