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Syria
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’

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Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border

China
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

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The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

Ottoman Empire
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

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The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine takes Israel to UN Racism Commission for Apartheid Policies

Palestine takes Israel to UN Racism Commission for Apartheid Policies

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The PA had warned Israel of forthcoming Apartheid charge if it continued to expropriate the West Bank.

Qatar
Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

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The latest contract underscores growing concerns about foreign influence campaigns in the heart of Washington.

Climate Change
Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

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California’s recent severe drought may have only been a taste of things to come.

Militarization
Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

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Our Southern border is becoming “a remote deathscape where American necropolitics are pecked onto the bones of those we deem excludable.”

Afghanistan
Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

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Salafi Jihadi extremists target Afghan Hazaras in Hopes of Provoking More Sectarian Conflict

Yemen
Dozens killed in Saudi-led air raid on Yemen wedding: medics

Dozens killed in Saudi-led air raid on Yemen wedding: medics

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Sanaa (AFP) – Dozens were killed and wounded in an air raid on a wedding party in Yemen, local officials said Monday, with Huthi rebels blaming a Saudi-led military coalition. The Iran-backed rebels who control most of northern Yemen blamed Sunday’s attack on the Arab coalition that backs the country’s government, in the latest in […]

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