World update: August 9 2019
Stories from Iraq, Japan, Colombia, and more
The Hajj began on Friday, and while I figure it’s extremely unlikely that anybody is reading this newsletter while on pilgrimage, Hajj Mubarak to everybody just the same.
MIDDLE EAST
SYRIA
The Turkish military says that two of its soldiers were wounded on Friday when the Kurdish YPG militia shelled their outpost in Afrin. With Turkey and the US still ironi…
