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Fifteen Years since 9/11, the US Targets the Wrong Enemy

Alexander Mercouris The 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks illustrates what is wrong with US foreign policy and why Donald Trump is now a serious prospect for the US Presidency. Ever since the 9/11 attacks took place US — Russian relations have deteriorated steadily. The causes for this are ...

September 14, 2016

Two Birds with One Stone: US ‘Sacrifices’ Its Kurdish Allies in Syria

A Sputnik report By sacrificing its Kurdish allies in northern Syria, Washington wants to mend relations with Ankara and prevent Turkey from strengthening its ties with Moscow, thus far killing two birds with one stone, expert on Middle Eastern affairs Jean Perier believes. Washington’s Kurdish allies in Syria have become ...

August 31, 2016

Haaretz: “No Body Was Hurt” Means “No Jew Was Hurt”

An Israeli writer slammed the Israeli media in covering up attacks by occupation soldiers against peaceful Palestinians. Gideon Levy, a columnist in Israeli daily Haaretz, said “no one bats an eye” on Friday’s killing of a Palestinian innocent man by an Israeli soldier at the Yabrud checkpoint in the West ...

August 30, 2016

Globalization is Over; Brexit is the Biggest Sign: The Guardian

In an article written by Ruchir Sharma and posted by the British newspaper, The Guardian, Brexit is expected to be contagious to the extent of introducing the era of de-globalization. What follows is the complete article: In among the shock from the EU referendum result, the risk of contagion was ...

July 29, 2016

Turkish Supporters are silhouetted against a screan showing President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

The de-Gulenification of Turkey

Mustafa Akyol – AlMonitor If one needs to define what is going on in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed July 15 coup attempt, besides the arrest of the actual putschists, here is an accurate term: The de-Gulenification of Turkey. Just like the de-Baathification process in post-occupation Iraq, the ...

July 27, 2016

Middle East

Israeli forces monitoring the Syrian border

Report: Will ‘Israel’ Create Safe Zone in Southern Syria?

Nour Samaha – AlMonitor It began in May with the announcement of an Israeli liaison unit to coordinate with Syrian residents living in opposition-held territory in southern Syria, followed by the distribution of Israeli aid during Ramadan across 35 villages in the same area. Then on July 11, the Israeli ...

July 27, 2016

A Syrian boy walks with his bicycle in the devastated Sukari district in the northern city of Aleppo on November 13, 2014, BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)

Syrian Artist Uses ‘Pokémon Go’ to Showcase the Harsh Reality of Life in a War Zone

by Bryan Clark While the world stares intently at their respective smart devices, ever on the lookout for that elusive Pikachu, Syrian artist Khaled Akil has a different set of problems. Akil has taken the iconic Nintendo creatures and augmented them onto a backdrop of the grim realities of life ...

July 27, 2016

“10 years on UN Peacekeepers Death in Lebanon by Israel: It Could Happen Again Now”

Robert Fisk – The Independent Exactly 10 years ago, four United Nations peacekeepers were blown to pieces in southern Lebanon. They were a Canadian, a Chinese, a Finn and an Austrian. Amid the crash of Israeli shellfire around his tiny concrete blockhouse, and perhaps realizing that he may not survive, ...

July 27, 2016

Middle East

Washington Post: ISIL Quietly Preparing for the Loss of the ‘Caliphate’

Even as it launches waves of terrorist attacks around the globe, ISIL is quietly preparing its followers for the eventual collapse of the ‘caliphate’ it proclaimed with great fanfare two years ago, The Washington Post reported. In public messages and in recent actions in Syria, the group’s leaders are acknowledging ...

July 13, 2016