Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]
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Al-Zawahiri Calls for al-Qaeda- ISIL Axis against Russia & US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Hayat [Life] reports that on Sunday, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, called for unity between al-Qaeda and […]
Who are the ISIL Fighters in Egypt’s Sinai, claiming to down Plane?
By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/RL ) | – – A [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has claimed that it […]
Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon’s Historic Climate Crime
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – A broad coalition of community groups along with prominent leaders from the nation’s top civil […]
Israeli Forces shot 2600 Palestinians with live, rubber Bullets in October: Red Crescent
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 2,617 Palestinians with live and rubber-coated steel bullets through […]
Turkey election: Erdoğan and the AKP get majority back amid climate of violence and fear
By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | – – Turkey’s president, Recep Tayip Erdoğan, appears to have strengthened his grip on […]
Why ISIL is a Vast Exaggeration: & No, it can’t Shoot down Planes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in the Sinai Peninsula made a big deal of claiming they shot down […]
Dr. Ben Carson fears for his Life from Militant Liberals
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Ben Carson has asked for Secret Service protection. He believes secular progressive hoards are […]
Regime Market Bombing Kills 100: Don’t Syrian Lives Matter?
Majed Aboali | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Hospital workers in Syria, barely able to keep up with demand, are desperate to reduce […]
Turkey: Can a pro-Feminist, pro-Kurdish Party get out the Women’s Vote?
By Mona Tajali | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The Turkish HDP’s egalitarian gender ideology played a key role in the election of a record number […]