Winners and Losers in 5 Years of Syrian Civil War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Five years ago this week, protests began…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Five years ago this week, protests began…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump's incitement chickens came home to…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The headlines Friday about the GOP debate…
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Winners and Losers in 5 Years of Syrian Civil War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Five years ago this week, protests began in Damascus and Deraa (mainly Deraa) in Syria, on the heels of the overthrow of dictators…Your Tax Dollars Enable Police Brutality Abroad: Egypt
By Chris Toensing | ( Otherwords.org) | - - Washington wants to loosen aid restrictions even as security forces crack down on innocent Egyptians. Ever since the Black Lives Matter movement exploded…Palestinian Families expelled by Israelis in ’48 to Syria now Forced to Gaza
By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | - - GAZA, Palestine, (IPS) - In the safety of his sister’s bare flat in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, 42 year-old Iyad Yusef still shakes…Syrian Family Talks About Living In Besieged Town (AJ+)
AJ+| Video Report|-- A Syrian family discusses what it is like living in the besieged town of Deir al-Zor. Two hundred and fifty thousand children are currently living in Syria in towns…Is Iran Pres. Rouhani trying to Rehabilitate Khatami & the Reformers?
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL ) | - - Iran's president has broken a long-standing taboo by publicly defending a reformist predecessor, but his remarks were met with a muted response.…Thousands of Children Under Siege in War-Torn Syria
By Valentina Ieri | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Seeing children dying due to a lack of doctors and medicines, and seeing them grow up in a…Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank
Ma'an News Agency | - - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Scores of demonstrators suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces dispersed weekly protests in the occupied West Bank with rubber-coated steel…Turkey’s Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women’s Day
By Ece Basay | ( Globalvoices.org ) | - - March 8 is marked as International Women's Day in Turkey, and is typified as elsewhere across the world by speeches appreciating the…Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- British security giant G4S announced Wednesday plans to sell its Israeli businesses in the next 12 to 24 months citing commercial reasons, according…Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview on Wednesday that "Islam hates us." "I think Islam…Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen
By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | - - The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a subsiding of hostilities in Yemen, though early…Biden: Israel cannot stop violence solely through physical force
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel could not stop violent acts carried out by Palestinians solely through physical force,…Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)
AJ+| Video Report|-- The European Union was founded upon the principles of the promotion of human rights. With the refugee crisis ongoing, the EU has come to an agreement with Turkey to…Nearly Half of Israeli Jews want to Expel Palestinian-Israelis from Country
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Nearly half of the over 6 million Israeli Jews want to expel from the country the 1.6 million citizens of Palestinian heritage, most…That stream of Refugees into Europe? It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation
By IMEMC | - - Palestinians are joining the Middle East exodus to Europe in greater numbers because of the Syrian war and ongoing Israeli occupation, a senior Palestinian official has said.…Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu intervened in US politics in a big way, addressing a Republican-dominated Congress and lobbying it…Disillusioned Volunteer Says Syria A Battle For War Booty, Territory
By Luljeta Krasniqi Veseli and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL | - - "In the beginning, when I went [to Syria], everybody was greeting us. But later, they were looking at us…As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over ‘unconscionable’ border closures
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - As EU and Turkey barter over migrant lives, campaigners decry pay-outs and border closures as 'unconscionable' Leaders from the European…As Bomb Kills 60, is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A truck bombing in the largely Shiite city of Hilla killed 60 on Sunday, one of the worst terrorist attacks in that city.…Can non-violent Revolt actually Change practical Politics?
By Mark Engler and Paul Engler | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Bernie Sanders's insurgent presidential campaign has opened up a debate about how social change happens in our society. The official…