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Archives for January 2019

Foreign Policy
Pompeo Pledges continuing US Cooperation with Israel in Syria v. Iran

Pompeo Pledges continuing US Cooperation with Israel in Syria v. Iran

Middle East Monitor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump plans to withdraw US troops from Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he met with Pompeo in the Brazilian […]

Germany
Germany: MSM won't Tell you White Nationalist Drove into Muslim Refugees

Germany: MSM won’t Tell you White Nationalist Drove into Muslim Refugees

TeleSur

Police said the attack was premeditated and that one of the victims is still in hospital receiving treatment

al-Qaeda
Trump's US in 2019:  Is the Mideast 'War on Terror' Paradigm Ending?

Trump’s US in 2019: Is the Mideast ‘War on Terror’ Paradigm Ending?

Juan Cole

We’re talking a ten to fifteen year window for the American obsession with petroleum

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam on New Year

Omar Khayyam on New Year

contributors

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Trans. Edward Fitzgerald I. Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light. II. Dreaming when Dawn’s Left Hand was in the Sky I […]

UAE
Dubai New Year 2019 Fireworks & Laser Show at Burj Khalifa

Dubai New Year 2019 Fireworks & Laser Show at Burj Khalifa

contributors

Dubai New Year 2019 Full Fireworks & Laser Show at Burj Khalifa

Iraq
Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows

Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows

Middle East Monitor

Israel said it might attack sites in Iraq, effectively expanding a campaign now focused on Syria

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Population grows to 13 mn Worldwide, 1/2 in Israel and Palestine

Palestinian Population grows to 13 mn Worldwide, 1/2 in Israel and Palestine

Maan News Agency

The land seems to have a people

Iran
Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

Golnaz Esfandiari

This is not good news for the moderates within the establishment

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