Afghan civilians have endured invasion, occupation, aerial bombings, ground attacks, drone warfare, surveillance, displacement, soaring refugee populations, degradation and the practice of indefinite detention and torture, writes Kelly.. ..…

Robert MacFarlane, the director of Civil Contingencies Secretariat, is identified as being involved in discussions on the use of powers to deal with national emergencies such as acts of war and terrorism — part of no-deal contingency planning known as Operation Yellowhammer.. Top civil..…

The Iraq invasion also opened the flood gates of an ongoing refugee crisis (which the Syrian civil war—arguably prolonged by U.S. involvement—made even worse). ..…

But in the 19th century, the empire was afflicted by the bloodiest civil war in history, the Taiping Rebellion; an onslaught of foreign gunboat diplomacy that deprived it of full control of its economy and urban spaces; and devastating military and economic incursions from rising,..…

The Iraq invasion also opened the flood gates of an ongoing refugee crisis (which the Syrian civil war—arguably prolonged by U.S. involvement—made even worse). ..…

Despite Russian election meddling, economic sanctions leveled against certain oligarchs, the tense situation over Ukraine, arming Afghan insurgents, and the civil war in Syria; he maintained that instead of fighting Russia, “America should bond and be friends and have common goals with..…

But he also argues that present-day funding doesn’t measure up to the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. economic and military aid that propped up El Salvador’s dictatorship during the country’s 12-year civil war, when Washington also sent military advisors to support the..…

Rivero did warn that “any confrontation can lead to a civil war.” . But he said if there is conflict, it would not be prolonged. . ..…

U.S. national-security officials naturally considered the Arbenz regime-change operation to be a tremendous success, notwithstanding the fact that the operation threw the country into a 3-decade civil war that killed more than a million people, not to mention the tyranny, torture, injuries,..…

After a brutal civil war in which the Taliban ultimately established its control over most of the country, Khalilzad signed on as a “consultant” for the energy conglomerate Unocal—now part of Chevron—in negotiating with the Taliban on a deal for a trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline. . ..…

Later in the 1980s, in the midst of the Lebanese civil war, in which both Israel and the US were directly implicated, the Palestine Liberation Organization stood guard in front of Lebanese synagogues in the Jewish quarter, only to be obliterated later by Zionist bombs targeting these..…

For the remainder of the Civil War Miasnikov remained a loyal Bolshevik. ... The Civil War had been won, and the atmosphere in the old capital seemed festive. ..…

Over the decades that followed, the Sudanese watched the country’s long and bloody civil war, which had raged since the early 1980s, spread from the south to Darfur and the Nuba Mountains in the west. ..…

A Venezuelan civil war would result in mass death and even more economic misery! ..…

Steve Early is a longtime labor journalist and author of Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress (Monthly Review Press, 2013), The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor (Haymarket Books, 2011) and Embedded With Organized Labor (MRP, 2009) . ..…

On January 27, Taliban and U.S government each stated acceptance, principle, of framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate in peace deal to end Afghanistan.. ..…

Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said at the UN Security Council: “They cannot lead us to a civil war in Venezuela.”  . ... Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said: “We will try to prevent confrontations between Venezuelans at any cost, a civil war..…

Firstly, it was real huge energy, created by revolution, by victory in civil war. ..…

“Trump continues his intervention and the blatant abuse of Venezuela's internal conditions and insists on instigating riots and civil war in the country, instead of respecting democracy and pushing the opposition towards a national dialogue,” Amir Abdollahian wrote on his Twitter page. ...…

“There is the risk of a civil war” . To have a war, both sides need to be armed. ..…

Officially, Venezuela’s top military brass continue to recognize Maduro as the country’s president, but key leaders have also raised the specter of civil war. . Officially, Venezuela’s top military brass continue to recognize Maduro as the country’s president, but key leaders have..…