Informed Comment - Part 1615

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 […]

Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?

Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | (Niqash.org) | – – They have been harassed, threatened, have lost all their worldly goods and forced to flee. What, […]

The tragedy of Iraq’s Sunnis

By Chloe Cornish IRIN | – – KIRKUK (IRIN) – Iraq is congested with armed men: Kurdish peshmerga in the north; forlorn Iraqi army troops […]

Are U.S., Russian Arms Supplies to Iraq, Syria a Blessing to Rebel Groups?

Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United States and Russia are escalating arms sales to two of […]

West Bank: Clashes as thousands march in slain Palestinian’s funeral

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday […]

100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 achievable, necessary – Greenpeace

The Tree | – – 100 per cent renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, creating jobs and cutting fuel costs, according to Greenpeace’s […]

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