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Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers December 12th to December 17th, 2017 – Current as of December 18th, 2017. This week’s report covers Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland, Yemen and Iraq. Bahrain Shia government opposition groups continue to call for nationwide protests, but have so… Keep Reading
Last October three college students used a horde of infected IoT devices to perpetrate one of the largest scale cyber attacks on record. On December 12, two of them plead guilty. To launch their 2016 attack, the hackers utilized a zombie horde of over 300,000… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers December 1st to December 11th, 2017 – Current as of December 12th, 2017. This week’s report covers Yemen, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Algeria, and Qatar. Yemen US air assets have increased air-to-ground operations against Islamic State operatives and… Keep Reading
Lima Charlie Business | Asia On Friday, Chinese expatriates in Pakistan received a warning from their home country: “It is understood that terrorists plan in the near term to launch a series of attacks against Chinese organizations and personnel in Pakistan,” the Chinese embassy said… Keep Reading
The Supreme Court began to hear arguments in a case between the FBI and a Radio Shack thief on Wednesday. Notably, the consequences of the case have the potential to set precedent for how federal agencies may be allowed to collect private information from our personal… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers November 20th to November 29th, 2017 – Current as of November 30th, 2017. | [Read Middle East Bureau Chief John Sjoholm’s analysis of the ongoing developments in Lebanon, and the previous article on how it links in with recent events… Keep Reading
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has deferred his resignation. Hours after returning to Beirut, Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting it on hold. “Today, I presented my resignation to the president and he urged me to hold onto it for more dialogue about its reasons and its… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers November 13th to November 19th, 2017 – Current as of November 20th, 2017. | [Read Middle East Bureau Chief John Sjoholm’s analysis of the ongoing developments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.] Bahrain Shia government opposition groups continue… Keep Reading
Part 1 of the “American Foreign Policy Review” series: A look at our regional allies and foes. Part 2 follows. November 5, 2017: Across Riyadh, unmarked black-and-white, up-armored Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Suburban SUVs — carrying armed men from the Saudi Special Forces and Intelligence… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers November 5th to November 12th, 2017 – Current as of November 13th, 2017. | [Read Middle East Bureau Chief John Sjoholm’s analysis of the ongoing developments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.] Bahrain Shia government opposition groups continue… Keep Reading
In a gamble to preserve his power and legacy in the region, and to wield personal influence on the international stage, Iraqi Kurdistan’s leader, Mas’oud Barzani, makes some bold Machiavellian-like moves. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the… Keep Reading
In light of the recent lethal vehicular attack in New York City on October 31 2017, it is perhaps helpful to gain some sense of its use as a weapon over the past several years. After all, the English-language propaganda emanating from both the so-called… Keep Reading
Today, U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, announced a $60 million dollar pledge in support of a multilateral, United Nations effort in the Sahel region of the African continent. The pledge, of course, requires Congressional approval for funding the G5 Sahel group (G5S). The mandate… Keep Reading
On October 13, 2017, President Trump outlined what appears to be an alteration in U.S. foreign policy toward Iran.[1] “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran’s nuclear breakout,” President Trump said, continuing… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers October 9th to October 24th, 2017 – Current as of October 25th, 2017. Bahrain: Shia government opposition groups continue to call for nationwide protests, but have so far failed to reach a critical mass with the majority of resulting public… Keep Reading
Lima Charlie News MENA Report covers Middle East / North Africa developments as reported by Lima Charlie’s MENA Bureau. This week, MENA Bureau Chief John Sjoholm interviews CNN’s Peter Bergen about his documentary, “Legion of Brothers.” The two also discuss developments about the Islamic State,… Keep Reading
