Informed Comment - Part 1520

Syrian Peace Groups: This is not a Civil War, it is a Set of Foreign Invasions

By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) |- – BELFAST (IPS) – In November 2015 I visited Syria together with an International Peace delegation. This […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Vatican: Historic Accord with Palestine Takes Effect

By IMEMC | – – The Vatican’s first accord with the Palestinians — an agreement that Israel has attacked as counter-productive to the Middle East […]

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Acidification of Oceans

The Question isn’t of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Humanity is not abandoning fossil fuels fast enough to avoid some massive changes to our world’s […]

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Executes Top Shia Cleric Nimr Al Nimr Under “Terrorism” Charges

By Amira Al Hussaini | ( GlobalVoices.org) Saudi Arabia announced today it had executed 47 people under “terrorism” charges, including top shia cleric Nimr Al […]

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Authoritarianism

Turkish Pres. Erdogan cites Hitler in case for Presidential System

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday cited Hitler in support of his contention that a presidential […]

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Iraq

In the past 12 months, Iraqis finally lost all Hope

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – In 2015, every Iraqi – almost without exception – paid a price for events in […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Palestinian population to exceed that of Jews by 2020 in Israel/Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Figures released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday suggested that Palestinians will outnumber […]

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Arab Americans