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Trump’s deeming Jerusalem Israeli Capital Portends Fiercer Mideast, Iran Conflicts
By Kenneth Brown | (Informed Comment) | – – As a visiting student in Jerusalem I witnessed the 1956 Suez war against Egypt, the attempt […]
Is China coming into Syria for its “One Belt, One Road”?
By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | – – As the Syrian civil war begins to wind down after six and a half years of […]
Pence starts Middle East tour in Egypt, pledges ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support
Middle East Monitor | – – US Vice President Mike Pence kicked off a trip to the Middle East on Saturday with a visit to […]
The worst thing about Year One of Trump: Fascistization of Cable News
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – American mass media journalism is broken. There are some simple elements of US journalistic practice that […]
Thousands protest for Women’s Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)
May Lee | (CGTN) | – – The rally in Los Angeles last year dwarfed those in most other cities. Did the City of the […]
European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
By Frédéric Simon | (EURACTIV.com) | – – Green lawmakers have hailed a “great victory for the climate” as a proposal to bring down to […]
10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers
TeleSur | – – Only in the third financial quarter of 2017 German arms sale to Saudi Arabia accounted for US$550 million. Spokesperson for German […]
Syria: Turkey Begins Military Operation against US-Allied Kurds in Afrin
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that on Friday, Turkey began cross-border shelling of the Kurdish-majority Afrin canton in northern […]
A Mountain Kingdom? Iraqi leaders unconcerned About New PKK ‘Region’
Special Correspondent | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – Late last month the Kurdistan Worker’s Party – an organization some describe as terrorist – declared […]
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