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Putin and the Ayatollahs: How Russia’s Alliance with Iran is reshaping the Middle East

By Clément Therme | (The Conversation) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, will meet for the eighth time in four years from March 27 to…

In Shadow of Mideast Wars, Massive Spike in Hunger and Malnutrition

By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining…

Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security

By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his election will end business as usual in Washington. The self-glorifying Trump agrees and indeed his has,…

Why are young Jewish Activists Protesting the Major Israel Lobby?

AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | - - "Here's why these Jewish activists are protesting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in DC. " AJ+: "Jewish Activists Are Protesting AIPAC"

The Untold Violence of the Pax Americana

John W. Dower | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This essay is adapted from “Measuring Violence,” the first chapter of John Dower’s new book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since…

Why would Trump Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency. So, let me see if…

Iranian Woman Visiting US arrested, taken to distant Jail Despite Valid Visa

TeleSur | - - Alia Ghandi was denied U.S. entry to visit her family in Portland. Although courts rejected the so-called "Muslim ban," an Iranian tourist was detained at an airport and…

The Arab Spring and the Western Winter

Ishac Diwan | (Project Syndicate) | - - BEIRUT – There are many striking parallels between the “Arab Spring” that began in 2010 and the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, the election of…

Poll: Majority of Jewish Israelis oppose ending 50-year military occupation

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A new poll was released by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Tuesday, revealing that the majority of Israelis oppose any Israeli…

Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil

TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…

Congress kills Privacy, Lets Corporations Sell your Browser History

By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - Putting the interests of Internet providers over Internet users, Congress today voted to erase landmark broadband privacy protections. If the bill is…

As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis

TeleSur | - - According to Yemen’s Legal Center of Rights and Development, the conflict has thus far killed over 12,040 Yemenis and left more than 20,000 others wounded. The leader of…

Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

By Dina Matar | Al-Shabaka | via Ma'an News Agency | - - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed in a video posted on his Facebook page that the Palestinian demand…

What if that London attack wasn’t Even Terrorism?

By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | - - A middle-aged man with a history of criminal activity and violence, a variety of aliases, multiple jobs and addresses, and several broken relationships…

Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | - - "Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL with the help of one brave survivor."…

Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

Special Correspondent* | Niqash.org | Baghdad | - - Mosul Locals Explain Extremists’ Desperate Tactics Mosul locals, some of whom have escaped the extremists and some who are still under their control,…

What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

By Jon Else | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wrapped up on the national mall,…

Progressive Young Jews Protest AIPAC, Occupation of Palestine

TeleSur | - - Protesters gathered under the banner, “Jews won’t be free until Palestinians are, reject AIPAC, reject occupation.” Jewish protesters marched Sunday outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference…

Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - Majority Leader McCarthy Confirms House to Immediately Act on Behalf of the Cable and Telephone Industry Following the Senate Vote Last week,…

A distracted Trump administration Couldn’t even focus on its own anti-ISIL summit.

By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Donald Trump's election campaign made much of his predecessor Barack Obama’s failure to control and defeat ISIL, contrasting this with his own…