Russia has a strong financial stake in the survival of the Assad regime. But it also opposes Western intervention on principle – particularly in the wake of NATO’s Libya campaign. Christian Science Monitor Syrian President […]
‘Universal Right to Live in Freedom and Dignity,’ But Not in the West Bank by Jason Ditz antiwar.com With Moammar Gadhafi no longer holding a seat at the UN General Assembly, one may have briefly […]
Philip Giraldi If the Palestinian application for United Nations full membership actually takes place Friday and the United States uses its Security Council veto to stop the process, it will be the final step in […]
Away from the drama in Georgia and at the UN, a potentially major electoral development took place in Israel yesterday. Knesset Member Shelly Yachimovich was elected Wednesday night to lead Israel’s Labor Party. In the final round she […]
by crescentandcross Palestinians on Thursday slammed US President Barack Obama’s address to the UN General Assembly, calling it a display of US bias towards Israel.Commentators, politicians and ordinary Palestinians alike said Obama’s speech on Wednesday, just […]
Conditions in pro-Gadhafi Sirte have been worsening as claims of civilian casualties increase antiwar.com Rebel attacks accompanied by NATO airstrikes on the Libyan city of Sirte have killed 151 civilians, according to a spokesman for […]
PKK Wing Vows to Attack Big Cities antiwar.com Following up with their claim of responsibility for the recent bombing attacks in Ankara and Kemer, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) wing the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) is now […]
Nir Rosen details reality inside Syria uprising Corporate loves making a killing from Troy Davis killing Palestine is so not ready to ignore the occupation Taking on Wall Street thugs At least some (establishment) figures […]
Today, USA Today published an editorial ‘Abbas bid for statehood will hurt Palestinians’ (9/23) and an opposing viewpoint by Rashid Khalidi ‘Palestinians need an honest broker’ (9/23). Khalidi explains what the ‘peace process’ has meant […]
NOVANEWS By Cynthia McKinney Global Research After Georgia was forced by the United States Supreme Court to abandon its scheme to deny Black people the right to an undiluted vote and representation, Leroy Johnson became […]