by drjmcurtis | Apr 13, 2016
Throwing a monkey wrench into U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura’s Geneva peace talks, SyriAN President Bashar al-Assad voted in a new parliament. Resuming Geneva peace talks today, de Mistura find himself caught between a rock-and-a-hard place trying to end the...
by drjmcurtis | Apr 11, 2016
Playing all sides in the Middle East, 80-year-old King Salman gave his firm backing to 62-year-old Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. El-Sisi took the bold step as Egypt’s Defense Minister toppling duly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi July 3, 2013,...
by drjmcurtis | Apr 10, 2016
Reaching out to Harlem’s black community April 9, 74-year-old Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was thrown for a loop by ranting anti-Semitic member of Black Lives Matters at the Apollo Theater. Demanding Berinie explain his relationship “with your...
by drjmcurtis | Apr 9, 2016
Speaking in Manama, Bahrain on his latest Mideast swing, 70-year-old Secretary of State John Kerry, continued pandering to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, fingering Iran for “destabilizing” the Mideast. “Leave the region and stop supporting terrorists,” said Iranian...
by drjmcurtis | Apr 8, 2016
Faced with fierce resistance from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, [ISIS], Iraq’s army retreated from closely guarded territory near Mosul, once Iraq’s oil-rich second largest city. Promising to retake Mosul in 2016, 63-year-old Iraqi Prime Minister Haider...