Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump more or less threatened to wipe…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump more or less threatened to wipe…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beltway Bandits who are always opining…
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Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump more or less threatened to wipe out the 25 million people of North Korea in his speech at the UN. Then he…Are US troops in Afghanistan causing Talibanism?
By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Here we go again! Years after most Americans forgot about the longest war this country ever fought, American soldiers are again being deployed…Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that the referendum on independence planned for September 25 be halted. The problem is that the Iraqi…Israeli Right Wing Faction Announces a Plan for Ethnic Cleansing
By Ian Berman. | (Informed Comment) | - - - Essentially an offer that says ‘Get Out or We Will Make Your Life a Living Hell, or Worse.’ The Platform Provides 3…Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”
TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…Tunisia: A Gender Equality Manifesto
Manifesto of the Under-Signed | Tunisia | - - During the 61st anniversary commemorating the enactment of the Personal Status Code, the Tunisian Head of State Beji Caïd Essebsi made two announcements…China to buy $300 mn. in Lab-Grown Meat from Israel
TeleSur | - - China currently imports approximately £10 billion worth of meat annually to help feed its 1.4 billion people. China has signed a multimillion-dollar deal to purchase lab-grown meat from…Hamas pledges to dissolve Gaza administration, hold elections
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Hamas, the de facto ruling party of the Gaza Strip, has pledged to dissolve its administrative committee that runs the besieged coastal enclave…Trump as Stephen King’s ‘It’: Lashing out at Clinton, N. Korea
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beltway Bandits who are always opining about Trump transitioning from campaign mode to presidential stature, and pronouncing after he does something petulant,…Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt
By Manal Ismael | ( Global Voices Online ) | - - In early September 2017, a piece of paper with a potent message targeted against women, held by a group of…Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?
By Simon P. Watmough | The Conversation | - - The emerging humanitarian crisis that has been rocking Myanmar - where an estimated 370,000 Rohingya have been forced out of the country…Floridians with Solar Inverters had Electricity after Irma & other Green energy success stories
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After Hurricane Irma in Florida, millions have been without electricity. But those Floridians who had solar panels plus an inverter or a Tesla…Can Yosef Abramowitz make Solar Power Bloom in Fossil Fuels-Addicted Israel?
i24 News | (Video News Report) | - - i24 News: "Yosef Abramowitz-Captain Sunshine-Solar Energy Pioneer" from Wikipedia: "Abramowitz was born in 1964. He lived in Israel as a child from 1969–1972,…Saudi-led Airstrikes on Yemen Deadly for Children
Human Rights Watch | - - UN Should Create International Inquiry, Return Coalition to ‘List of Shame’ (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition carried out five apparently unlawful airstrikes in Yemen since June…London Covered but 83 Iraqis killed in ISIL attack largely ignored by US TV News
TeleSur | - - Security officials say that the attacks are an attempt by the terrorist group to project strength after losing their strongholds in Iraq. The so-called Islamic State group carried…Russia rebuffs Israeli demand for 40 mi. Buffer with Iran in Syria (Haaretz)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - According to Haaretz Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked Vldadimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to keep Iranian troops and Hizbullah militiamen…Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iran wants to reunite the fighting Shiite Muslim political parties in Iraq that once gave it unconditional support. But that job is far…Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck
By Ariel Dorfman | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The organizers of the white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville last month knew just what they were doing when they decided to carry torches…Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late
By Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service | (IPS) | - - Rohingya refugees trudge through the rain and mud as they arrive at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh after days…UN to name Companies linked to W. Bank Settlements
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council reportedly plans to go ahead with the publication of a list of companies operating in illegal Israeli…