Informed Comment - Part 1684

700 Dead: Is Europe’s Neglect of Mediterranean Migrants a form of Genocide?

By Heaven Crawley The latest refugee deaths in the Mediterranean – up to 700 people drowned when the overcrowded fishing vessel in which they were […]

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Bahrain

Should Formula 1 be held in Major Human Rights Violator Bahrain?

VICE News | – “Formula 1’s annual Bahrain Grand Prix opened April 17 to global fanfare, but demonstrators in the small Gulf kingdom off the […]

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Jabhat al-Nusra

Assad: Syria has ‘no relation’ with Hamas, will Never Trust it Again

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Syrian regime no longer has any relationship with former ally Hamas and will never trust the movement again, Syrian President Bashar […]

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Houthi

Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East

By Conn Hallinan | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen has more in common with 19th-century Europe than the 21st-century […]

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Featured

As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) A bombing that killed 3 people and wounded 10 on Saturday outside the US consulate in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, […]

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Iran

If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – ” Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks discusses what would happen if the United States decided to […]

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Iraq

Iraq: Shiite Gov’t faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Only a few hours after the start of the next big military campaign against the Islamic State […]

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Houthi

Yemen: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes

By Thalif Deen | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling […]

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Energy