By Robert Fisk on January 4, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s binge of head-choppings – 47 in all, including the learned Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, followed by a Koranic justification for the executions – was worthy of Isis. Perhaps that was the point. (more…)
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on December 28, 2015
The army says aerial spraying was meant to ‘enable security operations.’ Palestinian farmers say hundreds of acres of crops were damaged or destroyed. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on December 30, 2015
Ryan Endicott speaking at an anti- war rally in Washington DC, March 19, 2011, photo: Bill Hackwell
The much touted capturing of the Iraqi city of Ramadi by the Iraqi military this past week may have been a momentary victory for the Obama Administration’s current strategy in Iraq but it came at a big expense. (more…)
By Dario de Urra Torriente, former Cuban Ambassador to Lebanon on December 21, 2015
Every day we wake up with our hearts in distress by the unfortunate events that hit the planet on a daily basis. Every morning there is news that announces a new violation of sovereignty to a country, a new injustice, aggression and a new murder. (more…)
December 18, 2015
Under capitalism production is not for consumption but for trade to make profits. Countries particularly the developing ones are being forced to open their borders and markets to cheap and low quality agricultural commodities from countries such as the US, China, EU, Brazil etc. (more…)
By Ramzy Baroud on December 15, 2015
Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only to wake up with the sudden fear that someone was trying to hurt her. (more…)
Local Editor on December 19, 2015
Photo/Bilal Hussein
It’s clear that the Israel can’t bear to officially claim responsibility for the strike which killed the Dean of the freed detainees from the Israeli prisons, Samir Kuntar late on Saturday. However, the Israeli media didn’t hesitate to praise the strike, in an obvious admission that Tel Aviv had carried out the raid. (more…)
December 19, 2015
ISIS terrorists have often lamented, “if only we had an air force to provide air cover when we are fighting in the field.” Yesterday they got their wish (again). (more…)