Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Britain, France and Canada issued a statement on Monday, demanding that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu cease its military […]
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Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime coalition of Hizbullah and the Syrian Arab Army is […]
Syria: What if Turkey and Saudi Arabia install al-Qaeda in Damascus?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Journalists such as the intrepid Liz Sly covering the Syrian Civil War were struck with the victories […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a military parade after al-Sadr protested the US’ draft law. […]
HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – “The second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection and […]
The Wall Street Connection: The Clintons and their Banker Friends
By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The past, especially the political past, doesn’t just provide clues to the present. In the realm of the […]
Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) — For years, AIPAC and the Netanyahu government in Israel have tried to mark the Iran nuclear talks as […]
Israel’s Government Ratchets even Further Right: Great Moments in Colonialism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in putting together a shaky coalition of parties that would give him 61 seats […]
‘Too Big to Exist’: Sanders Introduces Bill to Break Up Big Banks
by Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – If passed, bill would give Treasury Secretary a year to break up institutions bailed out in […]
Israel Slammed Over Treatment of Palestinian Children in Detention
By Mel Frykberg | – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has sent a letter to the U.N. […]