Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In March 1896, William Hechler, the Anglican chaplain at the British Embassy in Vienna, came across a book […]
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Syria: You know you’re in Trouble When…
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Right wing Israeli officials are concerned about attempts to ‘delegitimize” Israel, and fund former officials and intellectuals to attempt to combat this perceived trend. But […]
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Did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood just Blink?
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Video on Syrian Gov’t Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)
Syria’s torture centers, as revealed by Human Rights Watch:
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