By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between King Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Obama and their top foreign policy and security teams. It said, “American officials told al-Sharq al-Awsat that President Obama is eager to calm […]
Archives for September 2015
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz.” AJ+: “Donald Trump Fails Foreign-Policy Quiz”
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?
By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | – – It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek a safe haven in the rich Arab Persian Gulf states. Now, social-media users worldwide are increasingly raising the question of why. On Twitter, the Arabic-language hashtag #Hosting_Syria's_refugees_is_a_Gulf_duty has become a […]
What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths. As a result, it is often difficult to unpick truth from falsehood. As President John F. Kennedy said in his Yale University Commencement […]
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections
By IMEMC News | – – Israel asks UN to rebuff flag initiative A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations will likely be adopted next week in time for president Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to New York, the Palestinian envoy said on Thursday. According to AFP, the UN General Assembly will […]
Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi King Salman is meeting Friday with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice. King Salman had declined to attend Obama’s Gulf Summit in May, apparently over anger at the negotiations with Iran over its civilian […]
Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples
WLKY News Louisville | (Video News Report) | – – WLKY News Louisville: “5 of Kim Davis’ deputies to issue marriage licenses, Davis still jailed”
As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi drowned along with his mother, Rehan, and older brother, Galip, while the family attempted to cross the sea from Turkey to Greece on Wednesday. A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi after he drowned when the boat […]
Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again
RT | (Video News Report) – – “More than a million Syrian refugees feel unwelcome guests in Lebanon, where anti-government protests are only worsening. Many fear the Syrian scenario may repeat there and they will have to flee again.” RT: “Syrian refugees in Lebanon fear fleeing unrest again, may head to Europe”
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