On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]
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Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to […]
The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression
By Charles Hankla | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the […]
UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria’s East Ghouta
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned Syrian (and […]
Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?
By Hugh Miles | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The weekend of 4-5 November 2017 was an eventful one in Saudi Arabia; a missile […]
The Russians aren’t the only election hackers
By Reese Erlich | (48hills.org ) | – – The US has interfered in elections all over the world — and this Russian ‘crisis’ is […]
Pence’s White Nationalist exclusion of Syrian Refugees Struck Down by Court
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has struck down former Indiana governor and present vice president […]
Iran bans Dollar for import Trade in anti-Sanctions Campaign
TeleSur | – – Mehdi Kasraeipour, the Central Bank of Iran’s director of foreign exchange rules and policies, said the move is unlikely to meet […]
Are Iran and Saudi Arabia competing for the soul of Iraq?
By Saleem al-Wazzan | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraqis can now visit a special visa-free zone in neighbouring Iran, over the border from Basra. Some […]
Ultimate Blowback: A Planet Boiling With Unintended Consequences
( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You want to see “blowback” in action? That’s easy enough. All you need is a vague sense of how Google […]
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