16/07/18 14:20
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Iraq - as protests boil, political elite seeks scapegoat
DATE: 16JUL2018
Summer protests over water and electricity shortages, poor services, and corruption are not new in Iraq. Yet this year’s protests seem to have caught Iraqi officials by surprise… Read More...Tags: iraq, ISIS, shiite, sunni, kurds
14/03/16 17:01
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Jabhat al-Nusra crackdown in Idlib
DATE: 14MAR2016
Ten days ago, under the relative calm of Syria’s cessation of hostilities, hundreds of civilians gathered in the Idlib town of Maarat al-Numan to celebrate the continuation of their populist revolution. For the first time in many months, the world heard Syrian people peacefully protesting in favor of change: “the people are one, and united, the revolution continues!” they chanted, while waving the three star revolutionary flag made popular by the moderate Free Syrian Army (FSA). Similar demonstrations took place in over 100 other towns across the country that day, in a stark reminder to the world that five years of being brutally suppressed by their own government had not defeated their zeal for… Read More...Tags: syria, al-Qaida, islam, sunni, ISIS
12/05/15 16:17
Let no one misunderstand - the war we currently fight is against radical, militant islam. Our government won’t admit that at the executive level, but that doesn’t change the facts on the ground. Read More...Tags: geopolitics, shiite, sunni, islam