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Since the government is hesitant to send regular servicemembers to the war-torn county, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab may tap contractors to rescue British children. The current crisis involves several children of a deceased ISIS fighter. According to the BBC and other reports, the three children, all of whom are age 10 or younger, arrived in Syria around 2014. Both …
The shadowy Russian mercenary group has already been involved in Syria, the Central African Republic, and several other global hotspots. Now, add Libya to that list. In Syria, according to one observer, the Wagner Group was a “shockforce” and “an unofficial arm of the Defense Ministry.” In the CAR and Sudan, Wagner mercenaries train militias and bolster would-be strongmen in …
In a televised interview, pro-American Iraqi President Barham Salih said that his country could no longer rely on the Americans, and so Iraq might re-evaluate its relationship with other powers, including Russia and Iran. This interview took place shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a military operation had killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. As he spoke in …
In the face of mounting uncertainty, representatives from China, Russia, the United States, and Pakistan all agreed that talks with the Taliban hold the most promise for lasting peace in the war-torn country. The daylong Moscow conference was a precursor to intra-Afghanistan talks in Beijing. These negotiations should begin in November. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is a surprise participant in …
At Barnett Lerner, we deal with a number of deployment-related trauma injuries. As might be expected, most of them involve guns and bombs, but a few involve falls and other mishaps. Weapons of war cause both visible injuries and invisible injuries. These invisible injuries, especially brain injuries, are especially common in Iraq and Afghanistan. Combat contractors also struggle with occupational …
