Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
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Assad and Putin have Waged Total Air War on Idlib’s Civilians, Learning from US Bombing of Iraq
Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – The tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and […]
Top 5 Ways Syria is the Worst Humanitarian Crisis of the 21st Century
By Shelley Inglis | – Remember former President Barack Obama’s infamous red line speech in 2012? In that speech, the president made it clear that […]
Russia backs Damascus as it closes Syrian Airspace, Threatens to down Turkish Jets
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey shot down two Syrian fighter jets over Idlib province this weekend and Turkish drones and artillery took out armor […]
Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates
By Mehmet Ozalp | – As the nine-year Syrian civil war enters its final turn, Turkey and Russia, long-time allies in Syria, are on the […]
Heckuva Job, Pencie! A US ruled for and by the Rich leaves Workers at Risk for Coronavirus
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Is the United States prepared to deal with a public health emergency? At this point such an […]
Trump Spending $1.2 Trillion a year on War, with Nothing to Show for It
By Mandy Smithberger | – Hold on to your helmets! It’s true the White House is reporting that its proposed new Pentagon budget is only […]
Maybe Try Friendship? Hatred and Enmity are bad Politics for America and a World in Crisis
We live in an era where animosity and even rage are the norm in the political arena. Both Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided in […]
The Plutocracy Strikes Back: CNN Compares Bernie Sanders to Coronavirus
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday morning CNN host Michael Smerconish compared Sen. Bernie Sanders to the coronavirus, asking if anything could stop either […]
Nonviolent Noncooperation: A Palestinian Response to the Kushner/Trump Plan
( Nonviolence International) – President Trump and his son-in-law’s “peace” plan would worsen the long term subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East […]