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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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Media calls Election for Hillary before California: Superdelegate System under Fire

TeleSur | – – The prediction is likely to stir controversy among Sanders supporters and critics of the superdelegate system, which has been branded “anti-democratic.” […]

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Dear Graduates: We're Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might […]

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Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

By Manipadma Jena | (Inter Press Service) | – – Manipadma Jena interviews the director general of the International Organization for Migration, Wiliam Lacy Swing. […]

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Turkish President:  Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

Turkish President: Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

By Arzu Geybullayeva | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – In the past 72 hours, international media coverage of Turkey has been replete with headlines such as […]

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Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The UN has begun plans to deliver aid to besieged Syrian […]

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Israel-First McCarthyism:  Cuomo's vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor and […]

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Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

TeleSur _ – – California is in its fifth year of a severe drought. While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lied to a crowd in […]

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Syrian Gov't Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

Syrian Gov’t Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian troops, aided by a Homs-based pro-government militia the ‘Falcons of the Desert’ and under the […]

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Not the Onion:  US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

Not the Onion: US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

TeleSur | – – The Russian foreign minister said his Washington counterpart asked Moscow not to target the extremist groups out of fear of hitting […]

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