John Sjoholm

Lima Charlie Middle East / N. Africa Update – 27th June

June 27, 2016

|27TH of June – #MENA Weekly News Update from Lima Charlie News: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY The #UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil met this week for its quarterly

ISIS Deploys Nerve Gas Against Retreating Syrian Forces

June 23, 2016

Breaking News·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS

[LC Confidence Index (LCCI): 65/100] As Russia and Syria continue the #BattleForRaqqa in a race to ISIS’ self-declared capital, confirmed reports surfaced

Russia, Syria Rage Against ISIS to Take Back the Dam

June 13, 2016

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS

Water: the unlikely WMD. As reported last week, Syrian Special Forces, supported by Russian Special Forces, made substantial gains in the march

Lima Charlie’s MENA Weekly Update – 13th June ‪‎

June 13, 2016

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

13th of June – ‪‎#MENA Weekly News Update from Lima Charlie News: #OmarMateen, 29, the active shooter in the Orlando, Florida tragedy

Small Arms Imports to Middle East Double

June 12, 2016

Breaking News·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

|By John Sjoholm and Associated Press Wire – Lima Charlie News June 12th/1303 ZULU+1 Small arms and light weapons imports in the

ISIS’ Weapon of Mass Destruction: Water

June 7, 2016

Breaking News·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

Report about the Tabqa Dam and the battle to retake Raqqa from the ISIS stranglehold. Monday June 7th, 1222 ZULU +1 As

Lima Charlie’s MENA News Briefing – 6th June

June 6, 2016

MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

6th of June – ‪‎LimaCharlie’s ‪#MENA Weekly News Briefing: As the month of #Ramadan begins, the battle for #Aleppo has reached new

Review of “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes” by Amin Maalouf

June 5, 2016

BOOKS·Culture·Opinion | Analysis

The Lebanese French Melkite Greek Catholic journalist and novelist Amin Maalouf did not set out to write an accurate history book or

Breaking: Iranian Reformer Released After 7 Years In Solitary

June 3, 2016

Breaking News·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

ZULU+1 2311/JUNE 03 BREAKING: Famous Iranian reformist politician, and senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh (Persian: سید مصطفی تاج‌زاده‎‎)

Lima Charlie’s MENA News Briefing – 1st June

June 3, 2016

AFRICA·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS

1st of June – ‪#‎LimaCharlie‬’s ‪#‎MENA‬ News Briefing: Heavy fighting continues between the ‪#‎Kurdish‬ and ‪#‎IslamicState‬ fighters. The Iraqi Kurdish ‪#‎Peshmerga‬ forces