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Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Five years ago this week, protests began…
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Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel has reinstated a policy of confiscating vast swathes of Palestinian land for settlement expansion in a trend not seen since the pre-Oslo…Will the Mideast’s Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - As civil wars and cross-border military conflicts continue to escalate in the Middle East, Syria, Iraq and Libya…Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports on the announcement Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would begin withdrawing the greater…Can Turkish Democracy survive Bombings, Ethnic Polarization?
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Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation's 2016 Global Teacher's Prize "for her work educating children…Syria: More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Levant, also known as the Support Front (jabhat al-Nusra), repeated scenarios it had…Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media
Euronews | (Video news Report) | "A car bomb has caused carnage in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara. The authorities now say at least 3[9] people have died and some…Hypocrisy: Israel’s BDS of Palestinian Companies
Ma'an News Agency | - - RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli troops used tear gas to suppress a march held by five Palestinian food production companies on Sunday near the Israeli Ofer prison…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,…