Are Washington, Ankara Seeking To Redraw Syrian, Iranian Borders?

Washington is about to kick off a third American military program aimed at training so-called “moderate rebels” inside Syria.

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Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan near Idlib, Syria.

Incredible as it may seem, Washington is about to kick off a third American military program aimed at training so-called "moderate rebels" inside Syria; the US authorities are currently considering Ankara's request to re-start the program. "The real problem is, Turkey has never made any effort to secure its border, it is absolutely porous and

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Saudi Arabia Takes Proxy War With Iran To Nigeria As Shias Are Brutalized

Human rights groups fear that as many as 1,000 were killed in a brutal crackdown on Nigeria’s Shia minority.

Kit O'Connell
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Nigeria Shiite Muslims hold religious flags and banners in a procession celebrating Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and also demanding the release of Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky, on posters, in Kano, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. The demonstration was in part provoked after a recent attack by Nigerian soldiers who fired on unarmed Islamic Shiite children with no provocation, killing some hundreds of the minority group in the West African nation, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. (AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu)

ABUJA, Nigeria --- On Dec. 12, Nigerian government forces carried out a brutal massacre against the country's minority Muslim Shia population, with some media reporting over 1,000 killed, after the military imprisoned and tortured the group’s important dissident leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. The news of the slaughter of a minority religious

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey Greatest Dangers To World Peace Says VA State Senator

“The US has been so in bed with the Saudi Arabians for so long. The Bush family – Herbert Walker Bush, George Bush, Jeb Bush – all of them have been closely tied with the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia,”

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Republican Virginia state Senator Dick Black

Republican Virginia state Senator Dick Black said Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the greatest threats to world peace in an interview with RT, adding that Saudi Arabia’s “absolute barbarity” is overlooked because of its long-standing relationship with the US. “I believe that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are the two greatest dangers to world peace,”

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Europe, Sympathetic To Iran, Slams Saudi Executions

Europe is showing a lot less willingness than the U.S. to look the other way on the Saudi executions.

Jason Ditz
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Iran

Historically cozy US-Saudi relations have kept the Obama Administration relatively quiet on the weekend Saudi execution of a top Shi’ite cleric, a move that US officials warned them against and which they did anyhow. Europe, however, is showing a lot less willingness to look the other way on the Saudi executions, and while the Saudis scramble to

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Are Saudi Arabia and Iran Edging Toward War?

The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran could spark a conflict considerably more damaging and horrific than the Iran-Iraq War, but would they actually do it?

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard

After Saudi Arabia and Iran broke off diplomatic relations on Sunday, the prospect of war between the two countries has become a new concern The two countries are already said to be involved in proxy wars against each other in Yemen and Syria. The new escalation with the killing of a prominent Shiite preacher draws parallels to the 1980s,

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Saudi Arabia Carries Out Largest Mass Execution Since 1980

“Saudi Arabia had a shameful start to 2016, executing 47 people in a day, after a year with one of the highest execution rates in its recent history.”

Human Rights Watch
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A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a picture of jailed Saudi Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during clashes between police and protesters in Sanabis, Bahrain, a suburb of the capital Manama, Wednesday night, Oct. 15, 2014. The well-known Shiite cleric was executed January 2, 2016 in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain. Anti-government graffiti on the wall behind her reads, "We are steadfast and committed to our oath."

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia –  Saudi authorities carried out the largest mass execution in the country since 1980, putting 47 men to death on January 2, 2016. According to the Saudi state news agency, all of the men were convicted on terrorism charges, and most were members of Al Qaeda. The mass execution to begin 2016 follows a 20-year high of 158

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