Brandon Turbeville

Houthi Rebels Invade Southern Saudi Arabia, Launch Ballistic Missile Counter-Offensive

After recent victories and the fact that Houthi forces have managed to successfully invade Saudi territory, KSA’s weakness appears to be even greater than what many informed observers may have suspected.

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A Shiite Houthi soldier stands guard during a rally in support of the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 18, 2016.

While the war in Syria continues to rage and the world’s focus oscillates between American elections, terror attacks in Europe, and a failed Turkish coup (which no one really understands), a scrappy band of rebels in Yemen has not only withstood an onslaught from the Saudi-led coalition, they have managed to launch a counteract that amounts to an

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What’s Behind Turkey’s Coup & Purge?

Protesters hold a giant Turkish flag as they gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, July 18, 2016. Turkey’s Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following a foiled coup against the government, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday. With Turkey now undergoing the largest […]

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Protesters hold a giant Turkish flag as they gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Monday, July 18, 2016. Turkey's Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following a foiled coup against the government, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Monday.

With Turkey now undergoing the largest military/governmental purge in modern history, the question of Turkey’s future in terms of its domestic stability and structure is in flux and the possibilities facing the world, especially Syria, in regards to any changes of Turkish foreign policy are shaky as well. But even as the question of Syria’s future

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US Backs UN Plan To Expand Combat Role Of Peacekeepers

The possibility of United Nations’ forces being used as a wider and seemingly more “official” and credible invading force is very real, especially in places like Syria.

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Members of the Spanish U.N. peacekeepers honor guard hold their rifles as they receive Spain's King Felipe VI during his visit to their base in the southern village of Blatt, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

In yet another step towards the establishment of a world military force that seeks peace through the absence of dissent, the United States announced its support in May for a set of principles that will allow the United Nations’ peacekeeping troops and UN police to use force in order to “protect civilians” in combat zones and areas of armed

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NJ Bill Would Add PTSD To Med Marijuana Program, Christie Fears Legalization

Despite Christie’s constant harping about his love for the U.S. military, it appears his loyalty ends when the troops come home.

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As the fight for an end to the ridiculous drug war continues, legislation has been advanced by a New Jersey assembly committee that would allow those suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to participate in the state’s medical marijuana program. Essentially, the bill would add PTSD to the list of illnesses that can be legally treated in

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France Admits Special Forces Active In Syria

This is not the first time the presence of French military soldiers in Syria was revealed. It was reported early on in the Syrian destabilization effort that 13 French military officers acting as mercenaries/death squad participants were captured by the Syrian government.

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'moderate' Syrian Rebels train.

Yet another confirmation has arrived regarding what informed observers have known since the very beginning of the Syrian crisis but what, up until this point, authorities have tried to deny – that French Special Forces are active on the ground in Syria. According to reports by French news agency, AFP, the Special Forces troops are working

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U.S. Demands Russia Stop Bombing Al-Qaeda

“They are telling us not to hit it (Nusra), because there is ‘normal’ opposition next .. to it,” Lavrov said. “But that opposition must leave terrorists’ positions, we long have agreed on that.”

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Demonstrating once again its longstanding support for al-Qaeda and other related terror groups in Syria, the United States has now, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, requested that the Russian military refrain from bombing al-Nusra targets. The United States, however, is publicly claiming that it simply wants Russia to be more careful

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Blackwater/Academi Mercenaries Procured By United Arab Emirates Are Now Fighting In Yemen

The Saudis and the Emirates are grasping at any straws within their reach in order to shore up their faltering military campaign in Yemen.

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Private military contractors have been an integral part of Saudi Arabia's strategy to win it's ground war in Yemen, something the inexperienced Saudi military has been unable to accomplish. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)

Receiving scant attention from Western mainstream media outlets except for a few notable exceptions, Americans and many alternative media outlets have remained ignorant to the fact that private mercenaries from Blackwater (aka Academi) appear to have been contracted by the GCC Gulf state feudal monarchies to assist in the military war of terror in

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