Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]
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The Forgotten Iraq Front: ISIL besieges the People of Ramadi
VICE News | – “In early March, while the world was watching Iraqi government forces advance on the Islamic State (IS) in Tikrit, IS was […]
Israel’s Netanyahu jumps Shark with “Iran-Lausanne-Yemen” axis barb
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, no longer allowed to sit at the adult table because of his past food […]
Climate War on Planet Protested at U of Michigan 50 Yrs after 1st anti-Vietnam War Teach-in
Science for the People | – “This event marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first teach-in on the war in Vietnam, held at the […]
US Air Strikes Split Iraq Coalition aiming to Take Tikrit
By Paul Rogers | (The Conversation) – So it has begun – the US is bombing Tikrit, once a stronghold of Saddam Hussein’s regime and […]
Palestinians fear their land will be taken by rising Israeli right
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians are increasingly anxious for the future and are hesitant on a return to negotiations with Israel in the wake of the […]
Yemen: Saudi-Led Airstrikes Take Civilian Toll
Human Rights Watch | – (Beirut) – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries that conducted airstrikes in Yemen on March 26 and 27, 2015, […]
A Game-Changer in Syrian War? al-Qaeda-led Factions take Idlib
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The provincial capital Idlib, a city of 165,000 in the old days and administrative center of the northwestern […]
ISIL, Yemen, Syria: Drought, Climate Change and new Wars
By David Reed | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military […]
French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project
by IMEMC News | – France-based utility giant Suez Environnement said Wednesday that, because of political sensitivities, it has decided not to take part in […]