Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court
DeutscheWelle English | — “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Two women who did just that have […]
Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) — In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the […]
GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)– North Korea lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, blaming him for the Sony film, “The Interview,” and […]
Senior Kurdish Politician: Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do
Shalaw Mohammed | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician Mullah Bakhtiar discusses his party’s relationship with Iran and with Kurdish parties in Syria – […]
Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School
Reuters | — “A judge orders the arrest of a senior Pakistan cleric accused of refusing to condemn the school massacre in Peshawar. Paul Chapman […]
Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released
Euronews | — “A Turkish teenager who was arrested at his school on Wednesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been released from […]
Haniyeh: Hamas committed to ceasefire as long as Israel observes It Too
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Deputy head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that the group is committed to the ceasefire with […]
Baathist Riposte: How the Regime Came back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In the course of 2014, two major trends, long since visible in the Syrian civil war, were strengthened. […]
You’ll Never Guess where Santa Claus was really from
BBC News | — “Although widely thought to hail from the North Pole, Santa Claus is in fact originally from Turkey. The BBC’s Mark Lowen […]
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