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09/07/2025

From abductions and torture to cultural erasure, Russia’s occupation tactics are no secret. As US policy shifts, voices from occupied parts of Ukraine urge global leaders to remember who pays the price.

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Russia's war on Ukraine is well into its fourth year and the prospect of peace remains distant, but Ukrainians still oppose occupation.

08/07/2025

Concern in Greece as Infamous Neo-Nazis Leave Prison

Less than five years after a court convicted dozens of Golden Dawn members for a slate of crimes, some are being released on parole.

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08/07/2025

Less than five years after a court convicted dozens of members of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party for a slate of crimes, designating the outfit a criminal organization, some high-ranking former members are being released on parole.

Less than five years after a court convicted dozens of Golden Dawn members, some are being granted conditional release from prison.

07/07/2025

Iran’s Growing Isolation is a Warning to the United States

Under Trump, the US is shunning its democratic allies.

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07/07/2025

Under Trump, the US is shunning its democratic allies.

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Iran's allies have failed to rush to its defense. This is a stark warning to the United States as it shuns democratic alliances.

07/07/2025

The Latest at Inkstick Media: Extremism in US Military, Syria Arms Trafficking, Greek Borders, and More

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03/07/2025

The Army’s Strategic Studies Institute published a report examines whether the United States has adequate homeland defense strategies in the face of a growing cognitive warfare threat.

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A new report examines whether the United States has adequate homeland defense strategies in the face of a growing threat.

02/07/2025

For Ali Muhammadi, the border was a buffer zone between Turkey and Greece. The way he told it, the border was sometimes a baton, a clenched fist, a stick a soldier swung in the woods, a warning shot fired into the sky. More than once, but not every time, the Greek border guards beat him and others after they traversed the Evros River, which traces most of the land boundary between the two countries. The border was also a routine, a journey he attempted so many times over several months in 2022 that he struggled to put a precise number on it. If he had to guess, his best bet would have been 15 times, but he couldn’t be sure. “Maybe 20 times,” he told me when we met in Athens in November 2022.

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02/07/2025

"For an Afghan refugee named Ali, the border was a buffer zone between Turkey and Greece. The way he told it, the border was sometimes a baton, a clenched fist, a stick a soldier swung in the woods, a warning shot fired into the sky."

Read an excerpt from Patrick Strickland's new book, 'You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece,' published by Melville House:

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An excerpt of Patrick Strickland’s 'You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Fascism, Refugees, and Bloodshed in Greece.'

02/07/2025

Critical State: The Growing Death Toll in ICE Custody

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If you read just one thing this week … read about 75-year-old Isidro Perez's death in ICE custody.

01/07/2025

After the Assad regime collapsed in December, Syrian armories were looted around the country. Will Syria now become a focal point in a new regional arms trafficking crisis?

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After Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed in December, Syrian armories were looted for weapons around the country.

01/07/2025

In the chaos following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, looting on a massive scale hit Syria’s armories. Tens of thousands of small arms and light weapons flowed into the hands of civilians, criminals, and armed groups in a country which already had a thriving illicit arms market and established smuggling networks. Failure to monitor and tackle the spread of these weapons could pose a major security threat to Syria itself and the wider region.

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