TeleSur | – – Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in nine months, according to UNRWA, the U.N. Agency for Palestine refugees. In a statement released Saturday night, UNRWA spokesperson Christopher Gunness said the agency "did not enter the camp itself" but reached the nearby […]
GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture
By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again. For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican presidential debates can feel like a form of torture. But the program becomes more terrifying altogether when their ignorance is hitched to an endorsement of actual torture. At the latest […]
Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations
Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Are Muslims embraced as part of the mosaic of Europe? Or, are they considered and treated as outsiders, foreigners, and invaders? Political Scientist Peter O’Brien deconstructs this issue in his new book, The Muslim […]
Russia Says World in ‘New Cold War’ over Syria
TeleSur | – – "Sometimes I wonder if it’s 2016 or if we live in 1962," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Munich Security Conference, Saturday. The world has sunk into a “new Cold War” as a result of the mounting tensions between Russia and the West over conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry […]
European Parliament demands immediate end to Israel Squatting, Home Demolitions, in Palestine
By IMEMC | – – The European Parliament (EP’s) Delegation for relations with Palestine, expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation on the ground, calling for an immediate stop to Israeli expansion of settlements, and demolitions, said a press statement by EP delegation. “Israeli occupation policies are a direct threat to the two-state solution. The expansion […]
Despite Risks, Egypt’s Cartoonists Take on increasingly Authoritarian Regime of al-Sisi
By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices ) | – – Cartoonist Islam Gawish. Photograph from his Facebook page. Photograph by Mostafa Darwish. Less than two weeks after the fifth anniversary of the January 25 revolution, Egypt is not showing any signs of improvement in its treatment of human rights advocates. On the evening of […]
The Costs That Come With Russia’s Gains In Syria
Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL | – – With Russia's monthslong air campaign in Syria now focused on a key rebel stronghold, Moscow can claim success in putting its stamp on the conflict and strengthening the hand of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad. Concentrated on the northern province of Aleppo, the bombing campaign launched in […]
Do Latinos really view Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as their Leaders?
By Adriana Maestas | TeleSur | – – The problem with promoting Cruz and Rubio as “Latino leaders” is that they have turned their backs on the Latino community with their policy positions. In the primary race for the Republican nomination for the president, it was noted that in the Iowa caucuses Senators Ted Cruz […]
Israel: Former official Labeled Traitor for backing Vets Denouncing Occupation
By IMEMC | – – Former Israeli FM Director Vilified for Support of “Breaking the Silence” Attendees of an Israeli Knesset Education Committee meeting, on Tuesday, called for the dismissal of former Foreign Ministry director Alon Liel, after the official criticized the Israeli right and supported efforts to end Israel’s ongoing military occupation. Liel, also […]
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