San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to Israel is an End Times Fanatic and Palestine Denialist; What could Go Wrong?
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Trump’s second-term nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel is former Arkansas Governor, Rev. Mike Huckabee. He is […]
Syrians, in a Triumph of Hope, turn the Page on the Horrors of Assad
By Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University Millions of Syrians are feeling hope for the first time in years. The authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad fell on […]
The Return of War to the Home Front: Don’t Look for Restraint from Donald Trump’s Military
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima, Japan, discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome” — […]
Shiite Latakia Falls to new Syrian Government, as Sheikhs call for Reconciliation and Recruits are Pardoned
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, the Levant Liberation Council (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham/ HTS) guerrilla forces extended their rule to Latakia, Syria’s major port, […]
The world owes Palestine this much – please stop censoring Palestinian Voices
( Middle East Monitor ) – Social media censorship is a global phenomenon, but the war on pro-Palestinian views on social media represents a different […]
Abu Mohammed al-Golani may become the face of post-Assad Syria – but who is he and why does he have $10M US bounty on his head?
By Sara Harmouch, American University (The Conversation) – The fall of President Bashar al-Assad has left a critical question: After a half-century of brutal dynastic […]
Assad’s Fall is a Reminder that Russia is not a Global power but a Regional One
Trabzon, Turkey (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When former U.S. President Barack Obama referred to Russia as a “regional power” at the 2014 Nuclear […]
The sectarian Risk: Turkiye’s Syrian Mission
by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan must be delighted about what is unfolding in Syria, though it […]
Is Piers Morgan normalizing Israel’s Genocide?
( Counterpunch ) – Since October 7, 2023, white settler propaganda has ramped up through two insidious tactics targeting western audiences. The first rationalizes Israel’s […]
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