THE VANISHING BRITISH ARMY

Such is the lunacy of policy at Number Ten and the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) that over 12,000 redundant servicemen and women have had to be re-employed since 2010 to fill vital gaps in Britain’s defence forces. In particular highly-experienced NCOs, who form...

KURDS BOIL OVER BAGHDAD OIL

The region of Kurdistan is gradually inching its way to becoming an independent nation state. That embryonic state is inconveniently spread over no less than four independent countries: Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. The division of those Kurdish tribal lands is a...