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Syria
Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa's people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa’s people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

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Akshaya Kumar, Deputy United Nations Director | (Human Rights Watch) | – – UN Security Council Meeting Should Address Plight of Raqqa’s Residents The United Nations Security Council meets again today on Syria – for the sixth time in just over a week. While it’s tempting to ask what the deadlocked council will achieve with […]

Petroleum
Trump slams  OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

Trump slams OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

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Middle East Monitor | – – The U.S. President, Donald Trump, slammed the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Friday, complaining the cartel was keeping crude oil prices high. “Looks like OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all over the place, including the fully loaded ships at sea, Oil […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

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Ma’an News Agency | – – Gaza City (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and killed a 24-year-old Palestinian protester in Gaza on Friday afternoon, the second Palestinian to be killed during Friday’s protests. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the slain Palestinian as Ahmad Rashad al-Athamneh, 24. He was killed during protests along the border […]

European Union
Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

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Middle East Monitor | – – Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than US dollars, as part of the country’s effort to reduce its reliance on the American currency due to political tension with Washington. Central […]

Syria
Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

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Seyed Ali Alavi | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – ISIL may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria’s political soul is far from over. A Syrian army checkpoint in the town of Jaib al-Dikir in the countryside of Raqqa province, Syria, Dec. 23, 2017. Picture by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved. […]

Acidification of Oceans
Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

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By Jefferson Keith Moore | (The Conversation) | – – Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food. In the oceans, most added heat from climate warming is still near the surface and will take centuries to work down into deeper waters. But as […]

Israel Lobbies
Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights:  A Resource for College and University Leaders

Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights: A Resource for College and University Leaders

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N.B. Yes, I have been smeared by this odious hate group, but there’s not much they can do to me. But they are trying to ruin the careers of our young Americans who care about human rights. Please alert your university administrators to their scam. – J. C. Committee for Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies […]

Israel/ Palestine
‘Great March’ for Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return Endures Bloody Crackdown

‘Great March’ for Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return Endures Bloody Crackdown

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By Joey Ayoub and Marwa Fatafta | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – After months of preparing, tens of thousands of Palestinian protesters launched the “Great Return March” along Gaza’s eastern borders with Israel on 30 March to commemorate Land Day. Photo via Ma`n News Agency The mobilization ended in death when the Israeli army opened […]

astronomy and outer space
Diamond rain in Sudan evidence of ‘lost planet,’ Arab Scientists Find

Diamond rain in Sudan evidence of ‘lost planet,’ Arab Scientists Find

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Middle East Monitor | – – Diamonds from outer space formed inside a long-lost planet Diamonds found inside a meteorite which exploded over Sudan could prove the existence of a “lost planet”, scientists have announced. Following years of research, a new study has found that the tiny diamonds contain compounds that are only produced under […]

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