Three successive administrations have used the AUMF to justify military action in Afghanistan, across the Middle East and North Africa, and in sub-Saharan Africa. . The US invasion and occupation of Iraq was undertaken essentially on the pretext of keeping Saddam Hussein from..…

This relatively high share of Muslims among refugees is a result of both a surge of migrants from predominantly Muslim countries as well as the fact that applications for asylum have been approved at higher rates for asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq compared with other origin countries. ↩ . Many..…

In recent years, several countries and autonomous regions in Middle East and North Africa have also introduced some form of legislation or regulation, including Algeria, Bahrain, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. ..…

In January, ICC prosecutor opened the court's first investigation outside Africa, into Georgia, and is conducting preliminary examinations of situations outside Africa including Afghanistan, Colombia, Palestine, crimes attributed to the armed forces of United Kingdom deployed Iraq.. The..…

More than 16,000 others have come from other countries in Middle East and Africa.. About 20 to 30 percent of those who Syria and Iraq are returning to their home countries, posing security threat to those nations, added.. ..…

Tenet took the blame last night for failing to block disputed section President Bush's 2003 State of Union speech that claimed Iraq had tried to buy nuclear-weapons Africa... ... From what we know now, agency officials in the end concurred that the in the speech was correct, i.e., that..…

Wilson had been dispatched to Africa by the CIA to investigate claims that Iraq sought enriched uranium from Niger. ..…

If this is what drives U.S. policy, Americans had better prepare for war not only in Iran and North Korea, but also in Cuba, Belarus, several Central Asian countries and half of Africa, as well. . ... This isn't going to happen because that's not what the war in Iraq was about. ..…

This report groups 234 countries and territories into six major regions Asia and Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America and sub-Saharan Africa.. The 20 countries and territories of Middle East and North Africa are Algeria, Bahrain,..…

Museveni, now sixty-nine, has long been an important US ally in the war on terror—his troops have been deployed on America’s side in Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq—so the money kept flowing anyway.2 . Yoweri Museveni; drawing by James Ferguson In fact, Museveni has made Africa..…

Six are in Asia-Pacific (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) and four are in the Middle East and North Africa (Iraq, Israel, Sudan and Saudi Arabia). One is in Sub-Saharan Africa (Somalia). . . The highest overall restrictions are found in countries..…