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Yemen
Saudis & Allies Renew Bombing of Yemen Port City, Sparking Famine Fears

Saudis & Allies Renew Bombing of Yemen Port City, Sparking Famine Fears

Middle East Monitor

The Saudi-led coalition launched heavy air strikes on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah on Friday, in an apparent resumption of military operations on the city after the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked two Saudi oil tankers, residents said. The coalition on July 1 halted an attack on the Houthi-held city to aid UN efforts at […]

Syria
US-Backed Leftist Kurds Holds talks with Damascus on Future of Northeast

US-Backed Leftist Kurds Holds talks with Damascus on Future of Northeast

AFP

Damascus (AFP) – A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday. Between them the Damascus government and the Syrian Democratic Forces control some 90 percent of the country, after a series of […]

Immigration
Trump Admin. Misses Deadline to Reunite all 3,000 Kids

Trump Admin. Misses Deadline to Reunite all 3,000 Kids

TeleSur

Some 1,600 kids have not been reunited with their parents after being separated at the US-Mexico border. Advocates say some kids lost in bureaucratic ‘black hole’. The Donald Trump administration has missed the deadline to reunite some 3,000 minors with their parents after they had been separated at the U.S.-Mexican border under the administration’s ‘zero […]

Iraq
Fearing Repression, Iraq’s Sunnis won’t Join Wave of Protests

Fearing Repression, Iraq’s Sunnis won’t Join Wave of Protests

Mustafa Habib

Baghdad (Niqash.org) – A few days ago, a resident in the northern city of Mosul posted a comment about ongoing protests in southern Iraq on Facebook. “We greet you from Mosul,” wrote Imam al-Qaysi. “Our hearts are with you and we know what it’s like to live in these tragic conditions. We don’t have state […]

Donald Trump
Iran's Soleimani warns Trump that Invading Iran Would spark Ruinous Guerrilla War

Iran’s Soleimani warns Trump that Invading Iran Would spark Ruinous Guerrilla War

Juan Cole

Qasem Soleimani, the head of the special operations Jerusalem (Qods) Brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, spent Thursday morning taunting US president Donald Trump, whom he called a casino gambler. He warned Trump, “We are closer to you than you think. Keep in mind that I am keeping account of you. And you know […]

Pakistan
Anti-Corruption Sentiment Propels Sports Star Imran Khan to Victory in Pakistan

Anti-Corruption Sentiment Propels Sports Star Imran Khan to Victory in Pakistan

David Stout

Islamabad (AFP) – Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan claimed victory Thursday in the country’s tense general election marred by allegations of “blatant” rigging by rival parties. A visibly tired Khan cut a conciliatory tone in a wide-ranging address to the nation following a controversial contest hit with by accusations from major political parties […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Cartoonist Fired over ‘Animal Farm’ Satire of Netanyahu’s Jim Crow Law

Israeli Cartoonist Fired over ‘Animal Farm’ Satire of Netanyahu’s Jim Crow Law

Maan News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Jerusalem Report, a biweekly magazine published by The Jerusalem Post, dismissed a freelance cartoonist for an illustration depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud lawmakers as swine characters. The Union of Journalists in Israel confirmed on Wednesday that Avi Katz, the criticized cartoonist, was dismissed after the cartoon ran in […]

Houthi
Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

Omar Hasan

With Anuj Chopra in Riyadh | – Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s halt to oil shipments through a strategic waterway after Yemeni rebel attacks could provoke an international intervention in Yemen’s “forgotten” war, analysts say. The world’s top oil exporter on Wednesday suspended all oil deliveries through the Bab al-Mandab Strait after accusing the Iran-aligned […]

Climate Change
Is America Sclerotic or still Youthful Enough to take on Imperial Presidency and Climate Change?

Is America Sclerotic or still Youthful Enough to take on Imperial Presidency and Climate Change?

Tom Engelhardt

There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late sixties, I was always 40 years old; I was, that is, an old young man and a young old one. Tell that to my legs now. Of course, there’s nothing faintly strange in […]

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