NOVANEWS The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead. by: Peter Certo If Barack Obama owes his presidency to one thing, […]
NOVANEWS Imagine living in a modern city but with only two hours’ electricity per week and with no running water. You complain to the authorities, but they tell you there’s no need for electricity. After […]
NOVANEWS Obama administration official says 2013 reforms to reduce civilian deaths in covert drone strikes do not apply to expanding war against ISIS by: Sarah Lazare The rubble of a home reportedly hit by a U.S.-led […]
NOVANEWS Mozafar Najafi The Kurdish Pishmarga forces in Syria killed a large number of terrorists in heavy clashes in the Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobani (also known by the Arab population as Ayn al-Arab). At least […]
NOVANEWS by: Paul Dewar Five boys living in a refugee camp in Iraq, friends, arms linked and smiling despite the horrors they have escaped and the hardship that lies ahead. (Photo: Paul Dewar / Public domain) […]
NOVANEWS Will Turkey’s Abandonment of the City Signal an ‘Irrevocable Breach’ with the Kurds? by PATRICK COCKBURN Kurds vented their fury at the Turkish government for standing by as Isis fighters looked poised to take […]
NOVANEWS by: Tom Engelhardt NYPD officers from a Transit Operational Response Canine Heavy Weapons team with a dog patrol in the Times Square subway station in New York. ‘The panic, fear, and hysteria over the dangers […]
NOVANEWS Just like that, those year-long Iraq deployments are back By Mike Prysner James Circello also contributed to this article. Prysner and Circello are former non-commissioned officers in the U.S. Army, who served together in […]
NOVANEWS New report shows how flood of munitions from across the globe, including the United States, are making peace impossible in Middle East by: Jon Queally, staff writer Ammo casings found in Iraq and Syria. Top, […]
NOVANEWS by Rick Sterling The following six photographs confirm that a favorite “moderate rebel” leader, Abdel Jabbar al-Okaidi, is allied with ISIL. The first photograph is from Spring 2013 and shows Okaidi with the American […]