The US uses artificial intelligence to “target” airstrikes

If you’ve been wondering when the military will start deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield, here’s the answer. Bloomberg writes that the US already uses computer vision…

US airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria kill 40 people

The US military said the strikes were carried out with the knowledge that there would be casualties at the sites. The US hit targets in Iraq and…

Missile attack on Iraqi Erbil: there are dead and wounded

The IRGC announced the destruction of the “Mossad spy headquarters.” As a result of the attack they died / Collage / Screenshots As a result of a…

Turkey carried out airstrikes on Syria and Iraq – mass media

Ankara positions the operation as a response to the terrorist attacks that took place in the country last week. Turkey carried out airstrikes on Syria and Iraq…

Gulf War Syndrome: Sarin is the cause of soldiers' illnesses, scientists say

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Gulf War Syndrome: Sarin is the cause of US soldiers' illnesses, scientists say

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Iran claims responsibility for missile attack on Iraq’s Erbil targetting Israeli site

Social media posts appeared to show missiles hitting the ground and large explosions. Local television channel Kurdistan24, whose studios are not far from the US consulate, posted…

How did Justin Welby’s much-hyped grilling of Tony Blair fail to mention the word ‘morality’?

“Post-9/11, I decided we had to be with America in this moment. You know, the whole issue to do with the use of chemical, biological weapons, development…

From Baghdad to Sandringham in one generation: the Sassoon guide to social climbing

Sir Victor Sassoon, the 3rd baronet and Shanghai real-estate magnate, was a man of wide interests. He was one of racing’s most successful owners, with four Derbies…

Kurdistan offers a welcoming antidote to the sheer ugliness of the ‘new normal’

Saddam Hussein, when not launching punitive gas attacks, evidently thought so too, as one of his former holiday palaces sits atop Garra Mountain. The ruin is now…

Walking across Iraq taught me the value of unfettered hospitality

I was squatting on the kerb beside al-Anbar restaurant in an alley off Abu Nuwas in central Baghdad. Half a rotisserie chicken, one khubz flatbread, a handful…