More Outside Interference in Libya?
Earlier today, there were reports of another round of “mysterious” airstrikes on Islamist militants in Tripoli. The AP reported: Unidentified warplanes conducted four airstrikes on Monday near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, leaving one dead and five wounded, a spokesman for Libya’s Islamist-allied m ...
CNN’s Jake Tapper Lives on Coffee, Loves Old-School Rap
Welcome to My Morning Routine, where we take a look at how people (i.e., celebrities) kickstart their days. Jake Tapper, host and anchor of CNN’s The Lead, is familiar with high-stress situations, having reported from war zones all over the world. But back at home in Washington, D.C., he has to deal ...
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) We interrupt your regularly scheduled Lawfare Event Calender to bring you: The Future of Civilian Robotics. Monday, September 15th at 2 pm: Governance Studies at Brookings will hold a forum focused on the constantly changing landscape of civi ...
Grading Team USA: How Good Are the Basketball World Champs?
Javier Soriano/Getty Images Team USA finished an unbeaten run through the 2014 FIBA World Cup on Sunday, defeating Serbia in emphatic fashion, 129-92. The Americans won their nine games in Spain by an average of 33 points per contest and extended their international win streak to 63 games en route t ...
Limassol, Cyprus, Kourion and Omodos Village
This morning we met our wonderful guide, Elisa Pastidi, who took us to our first tour stop in Cyprus of the Greco-Roman city kingdom of Kourion. We went to see the excavated house of a wealthy Roman individual, Eustolios. Here we saw excellently preserved mosaic floors of the wealthy Roman's private ...
New trip!!
Hey everybody, I’m back! This time we’re going to Italy, Turkey, and various countries in the middle east. I’m at the airport right now with my mom, my uncle and my grandpa. I’ll post next when we get to our hotel in Rome!
And fill the days so they don't seem so empty.
Well, life has gotten busy. The house purchase was all finalized, so I'm officially a homeowner. We've had all kinds of issues with the financing company. Another issue came up today. They're horrible. I wish we hadn't gone with them. I'm wondering if our broker has something worked out where he get ...
Turkey’s Bank Asya Plunges Most on Record as Trading Resumes
Asya Katilim Bankasi AS (ASYAB), the Islamic lender locked in a feud with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish government, declined the most on record on the first day of trading after a monthlong suspension. The shares sank 20 percent, the ...
Calm Before the Quake? Turkey May Be Due for the Big One
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 or greater may be building up along a now-quiet fault on the coast of Istanbul, a new study finds. Different segments of the North Anatolian Fault, one of the most energetic and longest earthquake faults in the world ...
Pope Francis to Visit a Less Democratic Turkey
On September 12, the Vatican announced that the Pope would be visiting Turkey in late November. “This morning, the Holy See received the official letter inviting Pope Francis to visit Turkey from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President,” said Father ...
No ISIL oil comes to Turkey, Energy Minister says
The nearly 200,000 barrels arriving each day in Ceyhan, Turkey from Kirkuk, Iraq, do not contain Islamic State of Iraq and Levant oil, said Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz DOHA The nearly 200,000 barrels arriving each day in Ceyhan, Turkey, from ...
Turkey Denies Trading With Islamic State Extremist
Turkey’s energy minister on Monday denied media reports that his country was buying oil from the Islamic State extremist militia, which has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. According to the New York Times, Western intelligence officials have tracked ...
Turkey ties to ISIS, truth or allegation?
Since the emergence of civil war in Syria, Turkey has become an active player in the conflicts and has openly backed opposition groups under Free Syrian Army (FSA) as well as Islamic groups mainly Al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra against Assad regime.
Turkey's Weak Economy Hits Jobs
ISTANBUL—Turkey's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate jumped to a three-and-half-year high in June, as the slowing economy took its toll on the country's labor market. Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute Monday showed that Turkey's ...
