The Syrian deployment pleased ally Russia but upset Turkey ahead of Saturday’s talks in Moscow.
Archives for December 2018
Germany’s Electricity 38% Renewable in 2018, more than Coal for 1st Time
Meanwhile, carbon dioxide emissions fell 6% in the world’s 4th-largest economy.
Saudi Women Trample Face Veils in Social Media Protest
Women took to Twitter with stories of being forced to wear the face veil, using the hashtag.
1,451 War Crimes: Ashrawi Condemns new Squatter Housing as Israeli Settler Colonialism
The enormity and severity of the situation and Israel’s deliberate efforts to displace Palestine and replace it with “Greater Israel”
Amos Oz, Renowned Israeli Novelist and Critic of Expansionist Right, Dies at 79
Jerusalem | AFP | – Amos Oz, who died of cancer Friday aged 79, was a celebrated Israeli novelist and passionate peace advocate whose stirring memoir “A Tale of Love and Darkness” became a worldwide bestseller. His daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger confirmed his death on Twitter, calling him “a wonderful family man, an author, a man […]
With Trump Ready to Leave Afghanistan, can Qatar Broker a Peace?
Qatar has helped the country with small-scale developmental and education projects
Abandoned by Trump, Syrian Kurds frantically turn to Moscow for Protection from Turkey
Anton Lavrov, a military analyst, writes in the pro-Putin Russian newspaper Izvestia that the withdrawal of US troops from northeast Syria will mainly affect the fate of the Kurds (via BBC Monitoring). He notes that the US has provided the YPG with armored vehicles and antitank missiles and a great deal of ammunition. These medium […]
Banking Giant HSBC Divests from Israel Arms Manufacturer
Last month the University of Leeds made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights
$100 Bn.: Cost in 2018 of Climate Crisis Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels
2018 saw at least one major climate-induced disaster on every inhabited continent on Earth. Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least US$100 billion in 2018, a watchdog said Thursday, warning the spate of deadly wildfires, floods and superstorms was “a shadow” of things to come if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t slashed. This year is set […]
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