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Archives for April 2018

Syria
Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa's people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa’s people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

contributors

The people of Raqqa who suffered through the conflict under ISIL deserve our attention and assistance, too.

Petroleum
Trump slams  OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

Trump slams OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

contributors

Donald Trump slammed OPEC on Friday, complaining the cartel was keeping crude oil prices high.

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

contributors

Over 30 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the “Great March of Return” protests began on March 30.

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Star Wars actor Natalie Portman cancels Award in Israel, hints Netanyahu has gone to the Dark Side

Star Wars actor Natalie Portman cancels Award in Israel, hints Netanyahu has gone to the Dark Side

Juan Cole

Her decision showed extreme bravery.

European Union
Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

contributors

Middle East Monitor | – – Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than US dollars, as part of the country’s effort to reduce its reliance on the American currency due to political tension with Washington. Central […]

Syria
Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

contributors

Seyed Ali Alavi | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – ISIL may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria’s political soul is far from over. A Syrian army checkpoint in the town of Jaib al-Dikir in the countryside of Raqqa province, Syria, Dec. 23, 2017. Picture by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved. […]

Acidification of Oceans
Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

contributors

By Jefferson Keith Moore | (The Conversation) | – – Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food. In the oceans, most added heat from climate warming is still near the surface and will take centuries to work down into deeper waters. But as […]

Israel Lobbies
Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights:  A Resource for College and University Leaders

Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights: A Resource for College and University Leaders

contributors

N.B. Yes, I have been smeared by this odious hate group, but there’s not much they can do to me. But they are trying to ruin the careers of our young Americans who care about human rights. Please alert your university administrators to their scam. – J. C. Committee for Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies […]

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Friedman: Does Iran's Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?

Friedman: Does Iran’s Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thomas Friedman’s column this week made several allegations about the danger of an explosive situation in Syria, about which he is certainly correct. He pointed out that the US-UK-France missile strikes on Syria in reprisal for the alleged use of chlorine gas at Douma by the […]

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