Step comes as thousands of refugees make plans to return to Syria from abroad
3 Dead, 600 wounded: For 5th Week, Israeli snipers shoot down peaceful Palestinian Protesters inside Gaza
Like Fish in a Barrel
A coming Crash? Massive Bank deregulation and a Trump-appointed Fed: What could go Wrong?
Trump has appointed more members of the Fed board than any president since Woodrow Wilson
Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men
The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)
Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War
By Gary Vogler | ( University of Kansas Press Blog) | – – April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of my initial entry into Baghdad as the senior oil advisor to retired Lieutenant General Jay Garner, our US government civilian leader in Iraq. It was the beginning of my six plus years in Iraq working […]
Syrian Gov’t Secures Capital, takes E Qalamoun from Saudi-backed ‘Army of Islam’
Displaced fundamentalists flee to Afrin, settled by Turkey in anti-Kurdish security Belt near Border
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave
The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide
The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey
Palestine takes Israel to UN Racism Commission for Apartheid Policies
The PA had warned Israel of forthcoming Apartheid charge if it continued to expropriate the West Bank.