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Business Insider: Hu Jintao intervenes in alleged US spy case

July 31, 2016Politics

Chinese leader had a hand in the arrest of an alleged US spy.

Syria: A free for all if the Assad regime falls

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Mexican official accuses CIA of ‘managing’ not ‘fighting’ drug trade

July 31, 2016Conflict

High-ranking cartel member speaks on Operation Fast and Furious

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Syrian rebels likely to seize chemical weapons soon

July 31, 2016Conflict

Pablo Escobar’s sidekick says drug war is unwinnable

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Escobar’s former security chief, Jhon “Popeye” Velasquez, explains the state of the drug trade and why the war against drugs is unwinnable.

The CIA has paid tens of millions of dollars to the Afghan president’s office over the last decade

July 30, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

CIA dollars fuel rampant corruption.

Saudi royal family sold Dell computers to Assad

July 30, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia arms Syrian rebels to fight Assad’s regime.

Pulitzer winner writes sharp takedown of failed US civilian efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan

July 30, 2016Conflict

US spent too much on military efforts, neglecting more effective methods of countering militancy, he says.

Hezbollah Is Launching An Offensive That Will Profoundly Change The Syrian War

July 30, 2016Conflict

Thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah militants are amassing around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in preparation for an assault on the city, Loveday Morris of The Washington Post reports.

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