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Who wins and loses when Saudi Arabia and Iran fight? The answer may surprise you!

By NEC-SE on January 4, 2016 • ( 5 Comments )

U.S.-led peace talks to resolve the Syrian conflict are scheduled to start in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 JAN 16. Iran is set to take part despite initial opposition to its inclusion by […]

Kim Jong Un says he’s ready for war in New Year speech

By NEC-SE on January 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In his address, North Korean President Kim Jong Un asked for renewed relations with South Korea while issuing threats to “outsiders.” Video provided by Newsy Newslook “We are willing to have talks […]

Read the Islamic State’s Rules for Rape

By NEC-SE on December 31, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

NEC-SE encourages our readers to read the Clarion Project posts in the coming year. In their newest posting they posted the Islamic State fatwas on the do’s and don’ts of sex slavery. […]

Dozens Killed, Wounded in Multiple Suicide Bombings in Kurdish-controlled Christian Syrian City

By NEC-SE on December 31, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Kurdish security forces in the kurdish administered areas must start showing their ability to secure the non-kurdish residence of the cities they are administering if those communities are going to trust them […]

America’s Empty Embassies

By NEC-SE on December 29, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25″If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.” Mark 3:25 Another reason why the […]

ISIS Releases 25 Assyrian Hostages in Syria, Mostly Women and Children

By NEC-SE on December 25, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

On 25 DEC 15 ISIS released 25 Assyrians that it captured on February 23 when it attacked the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river in the Hasaka province. ISIS captured 253 […]

Americans held in Iran during 444-day hostage crisis finally get compensation

By NEC-SE on December 25, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

A provision buried in a spending bill signed by President Obama last week will give up to $4.4 million to each of the 37 surviving hostages or the estates of 16 others […]

Russian FM hosts pro-Kurdish party leader for Syria talks

By NEC-SE on December 23, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

Russia has evidently achieved full access to Syria and Iraq and has begun negotiating with the Afghan government to influence its regional policies ( http://www.khaama.com/modi-likely-to-discuss-afghanistan-with-russian-president-vladimir-putin-1853). It is as if a decision was […]

ISIS is a revolution

By NEC-SE on December 22, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

“As pundits and politicians stoked the recent shootings in California into an existential threat; as French troops were deployed in Paris; as Belgian police locked down Brussels, and US and Russian planes […]

Argentina Bolts Toward Free Market Reforms

By NEC-SE on December 22, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

“Revolution: One week into office, Argentina’s new president has slashed taxes, ripped out capital controls and restored the peso to its natural level. It takes guts, but this blaze of reforms has […]

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