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Iraq: As ISIL loses land, it is Terrorizing to provoke Sectarian Fighting
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – It is slowly becoming clear that the extremist Islamic State group is returning to its […]
Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The poorly planned junior officers’ coup in Turkey on Friday appears to have failed as I […]
Nice, France, Attack: A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has extended the French state of emergency, which suspends key civil […]
Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria
TeleSur | – – According to a leaked U.S. plan, Washington and Moscow would merge their respective air campaigns against non-state armed groups in Syria. […]
Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land
Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have reportedly torched 10 dunams (2.5 acres) of land planted with olive trees south […]
Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?
By John Scales Avery | (Inter Press Service) | – – COPENHAGEN, (IPS) – As many observers around the world have pointed out, the United […]
A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The relatively even-handed Arabic newspaper Oman reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (a mixed Kurdish and […]
Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners
By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | – – In late May, Iranian state and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials turned out in force at […]
Gaza: Turkey to Build Seawater Desalination Plant
By IMEMC | – – The Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs announced, Tuesday, that Turkey is to establish a seawater desalination plant to […]
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