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Archives for December 2018

Kurds
Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara threatened to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two leaders spoke after Erdogan warned of a fresh Turkish operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia that risks aggravating […]

Far Right
The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right 'Alternative for Germany' Party

The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right ‘Alternative for Germany’ Party

Open Democracy

The AfD wants to use Israel to exploit the false notion that whoever is pro-Israel could not be antisemitic

Featured
California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov'ts at Climate Summit Falter

California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov’ts at Climate Summit Falter

Juan Cole

19% of California’s electricity is now generated by its 23 gigawatts of solar installations

Israel/ Palestine
Mob of Israeli Squatters attack Ambulance, Palestinian Cars throughout Hebron

Mob of Israeli Squatters attack Ambulance, Palestinian Cars throughout Hebron

Maan News Agency

Israeli settlers also attacked dozens of Palestinian vehicles passing at the Beit Einun junction

Yemen
Why you Need to Understand Yemen's Houthi Rebels

Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

The Conversation

The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred by Zaydi resistance to growing Wahhabi influence in the north.

Corruption
Was even Trump's Inauguration a Corrupt Scam? And, Was Ivanka in the Middle?

Was even Trump’s Inauguration a Corrupt Scam? And, Was Ivanka in the Middle?

ProPublica

Damelincourt responded with a new rate of $175,000 per day for use of the Presidential Ballroom and meeting rooms, offering a $700,000 charge for four days of use.

Corruption
Cohen: Trump Knew Illegality of Hush Money Payments to Porn Star, Nude Model

Cohen: Trump Knew Illegality of Hush Money Payments to Porn Star, Nude Model

AFP

Washington, United States | AFP | – Donald Trump has said he never directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law. US President Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order election-eve payments to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen said in his first […]

Featured
Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Juan Cole

The Senate invoked the War Powers Resolution for the first time since it was enacted under Nixon in 1973

Yemen
Yemeni Mothers forced to Choose Which Child Starves: Aid Group

Yemeni Mothers forced to Choose Which Child Starves: Aid Group

Middle East Monitor

The conflict and ensuing economic collapse have left nearly 16 million people in urgent need of food aid

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