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Archives: military
![Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/fighting-at-funerals-turkey-plun-187x137.jpg)
![Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/turkeys-snap-elections-erdogan-i-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides
By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | - - Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long…![Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/water-being-used-as-weapon-of-wa-187x137.jpg)
Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer. | (Commondreams.org) | - - Compounded by scorching heat wave, Syrians are experiencing 'deliberate' water cut-offs, often for weeks at a time The United Nations on Tuesday…![Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/is-israeli-military-using-barak-187x137.jpg)
Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - The revelations from former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's memoir keep coming. Another excerpt was broadcast by Israel's Channel 2 on Sunday. Barak gave…![How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/how-islamic-state-is-moving-its-187x137.jpg)
How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo
By Natasha Ezrow | (The Conversation) | - - Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a powerful car bomb detonated outside a state security building in northern Cairo which injured 29…![Huge ISIL Blast at Cairo Security Bldg. Injures 29; Sisi Security Claims in Tatters](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/huge-isil-blast-at-cairo-securit-187x137.jpg)
Huge ISIL Blast at Cairo Security Bldg. Injures 29; Sisi Security Claims in Tatters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An enormous explosion damaged a building housing secret police in a northern district of Cairo (Shubra al-Khayma) on Thursday early morning, wounding nearly…![Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/gaza-managing-the-disaster-isnt-187x137.jpg)
Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired
By Charlie Hoyle | (Inter Press Service) | - - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave. A year on from…![After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/after-vienna-arabs-israel-seek-m-187x137.jpg)
After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell
By Thalif Deen | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The nuclear agreement concluded last week between Iran and six big powers, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, is…![Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/turkeys-new-war-on-terror-mainly-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Friday has quickly become largely a…![Israeli forces destroy 450 olive trees, Roman-era well in Hebron, Palestine](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/327417C.jpg)
Israeli forces destroy 450 olive trees, Roman-era well in Hebron, Palestine
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Wednesday destroyed 450 olive trees, leveled land, and demolished a Roman-era water well in the village of Beit Ula in northwestern Hebron, after claiming the Palestinian…![Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/wars-targeting-children-20-mn-ho-187x137.jpg)
Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL
By Beatriz Ciordia | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Whether in Palestine, Ukraine or Somalia, wars result in millions of children threatened by the brutality of armed…![The Next Gaza War](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/the-next-gaza-war-187x137.jpg)
The Next Gaza War
By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - "A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” declared Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in…![Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/afghanistan-the-first-rule-of-co-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work
By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | - - The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly and violently demonstrated their determination not to…![Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/female_commandos-629x426.jpg)
Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban
By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) - For years, Robina Shah has dreamed of joining the police force. Ever since her father, a police constable,…![2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt’s Att’y General be Pretext for More Repression?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/2-years-after-coup-will-assassin-187x137.jpg)
2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt’s Att’y General be Pretext for More Repression?
By MariaGloria Polimeno | (The Conversation) | - - Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s most senior prosecutor, has been killed by a car bomb that hit his motorcade in Cairo. The attack came just…![The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-great-wall-of-turkey-ankara-187x137.jpg)
The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. It may or may not be true.…![Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/187x137/sisi-629x417.jpg)
Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent
By Kitty Stapp | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - The Egyptian government is holding a record number of journalists in jail, a press freedom group said Thursday, despite promises to improve…![Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/her-war-kurdish-women-commandos-187x137.jpg)
Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria
RT | (Video Report) | - - "In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not to leave their survival to fate. Instead,…![Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/egypt-year-of-abuses-under-al-si-187x137.jpg)
Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking office a year ago pledging to restore…![Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081539im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/turkey-how-pres-erdogan-damaged-187x137.jpg)