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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

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By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When my book ‘Searching Jenin’ was published soon after the Israeli massacre in the Jenin refugee camp in 2002, I was quizzed repeatedly by the media and many readers for conferring the word ‘massacre’ on what Israel has depicted as a legitimate battle against camp-based […]

Iraq
The Mideast's New Cold War: Why Russia won't Defeat Iraq's Extremists

The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists

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By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Since the announcement of a new military alliance including Russia, locals have been trading arguments. Could Iraq become the stage for a new “Cold War”? And how effective can this coalition really be? For many Iraqis, the news that came last week of an alliance […]

Israel/ Palestine
Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

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Lauren Hampshire | (ODN Video News Report/ ITN) | – – An elderly Palestinian man confronted a group Israeli troops after they clashed with Palestinian youths in Hebron, before he collapsed on the street. Report by Lauren Hampshire. ODN: “Elderly Palestinian man confronts armed Israeli soldiers before collapsing”

Israel
Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

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Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday carried out a number of attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, witnesses told Ma’an. In western Hebron, locals said that settlers attacked Palestinian homes near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arbaa. Settlers reportedly attacked the homes […]

Kurds
Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented  95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

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Written by John Lubbock | ( Globalvoices.org Twin bombings hit a peace rally organised by leftist groups in Ankara on the morning of October 10 in what has proven the deadliest bomb attack in Turkish history. The interior ministry initially announced a death toll of 30 people. The health ministry updated the figure to 86 […]

Russia
Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia's 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia’s 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

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By Tom Balmforth | RFE/ RL MOSCOW — With its soaring minarets and golden dome, the huge new mosque that President Vladimir Putin opened in Moscow late last month was welcomed by Muslims as a sign of their greater acceptance in mostly Christian Russia. Days later, some worshippers voiced dismay over the Kremlin’s campaign of […]

Human Rights
Israeli Army kills 6 Palestinians, wounds 145 at Gaza Border Demonstration

Israeli Army kills 6 Palestinians, wounds 145 at Gaza Border Demonstration

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Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Six Palestinians were killed and 145 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City and near Khan Younis on Friday, medics and the Ministry of Health said. The Gaza Ministry of Health said Shadi […]

Drones
How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare

How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare

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David Stupples | (The Conversation) | – – The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions into Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes on bombing raids over Syria, NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg warned Moscow that it stands ready to […]

Human Rights
Violence in Israel & Palestine:  It's the Occupation, Stupid!

Violence in Israel & Palestine: It’s the Occupation, Stupid!

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Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “When you think of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, you probably think of clashes, rockets, checkpoints and Gaza – but what’s really at the heart of the violence in Israel and Palestine? AJ+: “Violence In Israel And The Palestinian Territories: It’s The Occupation”

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