2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara threatened to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two leaders spoke after Erdogan warned of a fresh Turkish operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia that risks aggravating […]

Far Right

The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right ‘Alternative for Germany’ Party

Open Democracy

The AfD wants to use Israel to exploit the false notion that whoever is pro-Israel could not be antisemitic

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California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov’ts at Climate Summit Falter

Juan Cole

19% of California’s electricity is now generated by its 23 gigawatts of solar installations

Israel/ Palestine

Mob of Israeli Squatters attack Ambulance, Palestinian Cars throughout Hebron

Maan News Agency

Israeli settlers also attacked dozens of Palestinian vehicles passing at the Beit Einun junction

Yemen

Why you Need to Understand Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

The Conversation

The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred by Zaydi resistance to growing Wahhabi influence in the north.

Corruption

Was even Trump’s Inauguration a Corrupt Scam? And, Was Ivanka in the Middle?

ProPublica

Damelincourt responded with a new rate of $175,000 per day for use of the Presidential Ballroom and meeting rooms, offering a $700,000 charge for four days of use.

Corruption

Cohen: Trump Knew Illegality of Hush Money Payments to Porn Star, Nude Model

AFP

Washington, United States | AFP | – Donald Trump has said he never directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law. US President Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order election-eve payments to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen said in his first […]

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