News Roundup 2/27/18

by | Feb 27, 2018

  • Alabama botches the execution of a death row inmate. [Link]
  • Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity issue memo to Trump explaining why war with Iran is a mistake. [Link]
  • Germany, France, and the UK are working on an add-on agreement to the Iran Nuclear Agreement to appease Trump. [Link]
  • China ends presidential term limits. This allows current President Xi to run additional terms. [Link]
  • Syrian Kurdish leader was arrested in Prague at the request of Turkey. [Link]
  • Turkish Special Forces will enter Syria to fight against the YPG in Afrin. [Link]
  • Putin orders Assad to stop bombing East Ghouta for five hours each day. [Link]
  • The Taliban call for talks with the US for the second time this year. [Link]
  • The Saudi King replaces several of the country’s military commanders. [Link]
  • Russia blocks UN Security Council Resolution vote that would have called out Iran for their alleged role in the Yemen Civil War. [Link]
  • ISIS attacks a government building and kills 14 in Yemen. [Link]
  • A Yemeni government minister accuses the UAE of trying to split Yemen. [Link]

About Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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