Informed Comment - Part 1551

Syrian Refugees from Civil War spiraling down into Extreme Poverty

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16 2015 (IPS) – When German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her immigration […]

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Syria

Could an end to Syria’s civil war be in sight?

By James Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – If, as cliché has it, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and […]

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Israel/ Palestine

UN Secretary-General Accuses Israel of ‘Breeding’ Palestinian Attacks

By IMEMC | – – This past Tuesday, in Jakarta, Indonesia, the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem was organized by the Committee on […]

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Islam-hatred

Nobelist Malala to Trump: Your Islamophobia is creating the grounds for Terrorism

Wochit News | (Video report) | – – “Malala Yousafzai had a few words for Donald Trump and other politicians for attacking the Muslim Religion […]

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Israel/ Palestine

How Israeli settlements stifle Palestine’s economy

By Nur Arafeh, Samia al-Botmeh and Leila Farsakh |Al-Shabaka/ Ma’an News Agency | – – Al-Shabaka is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to […]

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Far Right

No, GOP, you can’t win by Carpet-bombing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the GOP debate Tuesday night, Ted Cruz came out swinging wildly. Blitzer: Senator Cruz, you […]

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Human Rights

If the Dead could Speak: The Real People Syrian Regime Tortured to Death

By Human Rights Watch | – – "If the Dead Could Speak" reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of […]

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Islam-hatred

Is Corporate Media Enabling GOP Hate Speech?

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – Watchdogs say corporate media is stoking racist and fear-mongering rhetoric The moderators of last night's CNN […]

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National Security State