On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]
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Turkish-Russian Airspace Conflict as Ankara-backed Turkmen flee Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia rejected as “propaganda” on Saturday renewed Turkish charges that its fighter jets had crossed Turkish […]
Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Despite international laws prohibiting the use of starvation against civilians, forces on all sides […]
8 Ways Nonviolence can Combat Terrorism
By George Lakey | ( Waging Non-Violence) | – – One of my most popular courses at Swarthmore College focused on the challenge of how […]
Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread
The Tree | – – ““Zika is a disease of poverty, similar to other neglected tropical diseases such as chikungunya and dengue. The burden falls […]
That Swedish black-clad anti-refugee Mob beating Children? Neo-Nazis.
TeleSur | – – The neo Nazi Swedish Resistance Movement claims it was behind a wave of violence in Stockholm targeting homeless refugee children. Swedish […]
Exasperated by Netanyahu, France Prepares to Recognize Palestinian State
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Even the staunchly pro-Israel French Socialist Party has had it with Israeli expansionism and aggression. French […]
Will Iowa’s Women Dems choose Hillary or Bernie?
Judy Woodruff | (PBS Newshour Video Report) | – – “Three days out from the Iowa caucuses, Democrats are weighing whether to go with the […]
Iowa Primary wins Predict Nothing: #Iowasowhite & doesn’t look like America
By Donald Kaul | (Otherwords.org) | – – Who prevails in the Iowa caucuses won’t matter much, except in the fevered imaginations of the political […]
World can Bomb Syria but Can’t negotiate end to War
By Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | – – International talks meant to help resolve the Syrian Crisis are due to commence in Geneva, but […]