TOP U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL : SECURITY SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN WILL “MOST CERTAINLY DETERIORATE”

091130-F-9171L-362 U.S. Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a combined patrol in the village of Shabila Kalan, Zabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 30, 2009. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Sourced : The Washington Free Beacon By: Natalie Johnson Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told Congress on Thursday that the security environment in Afghanistan will worsen over the next year amid a deadlock in the nation’s drawn-out war. “The intelligence community assesses that the political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate… Continue reading TOP U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL : SECURITY SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN WILL “MOST CERTAINLY DETERIORATE”

CHINA’S PROXY WAR IN SYRIA : REVEALING THE ROLE OF UIGHUR FIGHTERS

By Mohanad Hage Ali Al Arabiya English A few months ago, in a remote town in Idlib province, northern Syria, an unusual foreign militant presence alarmed Syrian locals. The fighters were reportedly of the Muslim Uighur minority from Xinjiang province in Western China. For a population which has grown used to the multinational nature of… Continue reading CHINA’S PROXY WAR IN SYRIA : REVEALING THE ROLE OF UIGHUR FIGHTERS