US Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has just departed Damascus following a trip her aides described as a “fact finding” mission to work toward ending the nearly six year conflict in Syria, according to Foreign Policy Website. Congressional travel to the devastated country is exceedingly rare, especially as fighting ...
Although the Saudi government canceled a quarter of a trillion dollars’ worth of projects back home as part of a fiscal austerity program, workers hustled to finish bright blue landing pads for helicopters at the vacation compound and to erect a tent the size of a circus big-top where the ...
