Informed Comment - Part 1474

Americans may see ISIL as No. 1 Threat, but Turkey & the Kurds have other Priorities

By Abbas Djavadi | ( RFE/RL | – – For a long time the Turkish government was accused of assisting the Islamic State of Iraq […]

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Top Hizbullah Commander in Syria killed in Explosion; Radical Salafis blamed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mustafa Badreddine, the Hizbullah commander responsible for Syria, was killed Friday in an explosion near Damascus. […]

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Corruption

The Danger Of Dictatorship: How To Replace Iraq’s Flawed Political System?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraq’s Parliament has failed its people. This was the message from protestors last week. But […]

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Buddhism

Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority

VICE News | (Video report) | – – “In recent years, democratic reforms have swept through Myanmar, a country that for decades was ruled by […]

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Development

Surprise! Despite Syria-Iraq Turmoil, Major Mideast Economies growing 3-4%

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When you only hear bad news from a place, you form a negative opinion of it. […]

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Colonialism

100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?

By Stephen Pascoe | (The Conversation) | – – To mark the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, we’ve got a package with an explanatory […]

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Drone Warfare

Surges, Mission Creeps & Drones in the Mideast: America’s Forever War

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – There are the news stories that genuinely surprise you, and then there are the ones […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Annual ‘March of Return’ draws thousands of Palestinians to the Negev

Ma’an News Agency | – – NEGEV (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians participated in the annual ‘March of Return’ on Thursday afternoon near Bedouin towns […]

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