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Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War? Rebels Fret
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely regarded as a war criminal with tens of thousands of deaths […]
Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?
by Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Over the past week-and-a-half Islamophobia seemed to dominate the headlines; first when a 14-year-old […]
To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs
By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) – – Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. […]
How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth
By Greg Grandin | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the […]
Israel’s Real Fear: w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Relations between Iran and Israel go back almost to the foundation of […]
US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms
RT | – – “The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for […]
Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end […]
Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo
By IMEMC News | – – Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West […]
Things like Ted Cruz’s threat to Murder Iran’s Ayatollah are why Iranians don’t Trust US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ted Cruz said Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference in Washington, D.C., “If you vote for me, under […]