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Archives for July 2018

Syria
In Syria's Douma, UN finds likely Chlorine use, but not by Rebels

In Syria’s Douma, UN finds likely Chlorine use, but not by Rebels

Brian Whitaker

Laboratory tests so far have found possible evidence of chlorine use but no evidence of sarin or a similar nerve agent

Pakistan
Pakistan ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption

Pakistan ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption

AFP

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad Friday

Pollution
Scandal-Ridden EPA Chief who favored Polluters Resigns in Favor of Coal Baron

Scandal-Ridden EPA Chief who favored Polluters Resigns in Favor of Coal Baron

Jerome Cartillier

Trump tweeted that Pruitt’s deputy, the former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, would take over Monday as acting head of the agency

Green Energy
Even Oil Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Sign Macron’s Green Investment Pledge

Even Oil Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Sign Macron’s Green Investment Pledge

AFP

Six sovereign wealth funds including four Gulf states have pledged to boost efforts to fight climate change

Featured
Syria: Reports of Rebel Collapse in Deraa as al-Assad and Putin win Yet Again

Syria: Reports of Rebel Collapse in Deraa as al-Assad and Putin win Yet Again

Juan Cole

The rebels say they have declared a ceasefire and have put down their arms after they negotiated through the Russians

Iran
Sudden Shift in Iran as Hardliners back Centrist President Rouhani

Sudden Shift in Iran as Hardliners back Centrist President Rouhani

Marc Jourdier

Frequently a target of attack by hardliners, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is benefiting from a sudden surge in support from his former critics

Immigration
Contrary to Trump, Americans back Citizenship Path for Undocumented Immigrants

Contrary to Trump, Americans back Citizenship Path for Undocumented Immigrants

The Conversation

It turns out that government officials who think the majority of Americans want hard-line immigration policies are wrong

Featured
Iran: Trump's Tweets have added $10 to cost of Oil, Upping cost of Gasoline

Iran: Trump’s Tweets have added $10 to cost of Oil, Upping cost of Gasoline

Juan Cole

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was quoted by the Iranian Press on Thursday as saying that Trump’s Twitter activity is roiling the oil markets

Israel/ Palestine
Ireland Set to Pass Bill Banning Goods from Israeli Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Ireland Set to Pass Bill Banning Goods from Israeli Squatter Settlements in Palestine

TeleSur

A bill banning all goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is set to be approved by the Irish Parliament on July 11

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