Informed Comment - Part 1544

Turkey descends into civil war as conflict in southeast escalates

By Joris Leverink | (Inter Press Service) | – – ISTANBUL, Turkey, (IPS) – – The latest footage to come out of Sur, the historical […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy

TeleSur | – – The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel’s ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its […]

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Bashar al-Assad

Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Aided by a massive Russian bombing campaign and Hizbullah and Iranian (or likely actually Afghan) reinforcements, […]

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Bernie Sanders

Who Won the 2/4 Democratic Debate, Sanders or Clinton?

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola & Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton who was the biggest […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

By Julie Poucher Harbin, editor/ Alberto Fernandez | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Dozens of Middle East studies scholars, students and the general public packed a […]

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Holocaust

Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored (& Case of Albania)

Interfaith Peacemakers | – – [N.B. The interfaith ‘I am your Protector” Campaign, founded by Dani Laurence, last week commemorated in several cities the Muslims […]

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