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- Iran war protestor occupies the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge as a form of defiance against the American government. What’s most interesting to me, as far as I can tell, no American news outlet is covering this story.
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- United Arab Republic Celebration
- The UAE announces that will be leaving OPEC by May 1st
- BBC interviewed one of the creators behind the Iran Lego AI videos!
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Al-Jazrea Documentary: War of Lebanon
Hello everyone! Over the course of the semester, I have been slowly watching a documentary titled: The War of Lebanon; this is 15 part documentary that you can find on YouTube. I am going to link the series on here. … Continue reading
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Saddam’s Purge
Here are two videos that i had seen a while back but was reminded of when we were talking about Saddam Hussian. here’s the first video here’s the second video of the proceedings after the purge ended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkBkzDdrsA&t=1986s
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Missiles of Political Stability.
Original title: US approves $300M guided missiles sale to Qatar. LINK The United States have just approved a $300m missile purchase form Qatar in the form”of 5,000 Advance Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) to Qatar, including 5,000 high explosive warheads.” This … Continue reading
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A Brittle tripartite Alliance
Original Title: Iran, Russian and Turkey team up to hold sway in Syria. LINK Iran, Russia and Turkey are teaming up in Syria. Turkey and Iran, as regional neighbors are using their location to further their own motives. For Iran, … Continue reading
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The Little Engine that maybe can.
Orignal Title: Democracy’s faint pulse in the Middle East URL This article which was orginally found in the Financial Times, depicts the middle east as falling into complete totalitarian chaos. The author, a Mr. Gideon Rachman, mentions first the elections … Continue reading
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Middle Eastern players all talking but none are listening
Op-ed LINK The Valdai discussion club is a forum where middle eastern leaders meet in Russia to discuss the future of the middle east as well as the potential for Russia involvement as a contributor to the peace process in … Continue reading
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The Media Spin: Egypt’s dilemma
Original title: The role of local media in the Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections. LINK In this article from the Egypt Independent, Taha Sakr breaks down the spin of the Egyptian media and the apparent nature of “not-so-free-media” Since the Arab-spring which deposed … Continue reading
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Bannon’s Final Fury
Original Title: New Book on Trump Reveals Plan to Cede Control Of West Bank and Gaza To Jordan and Egypt URL: LINK In the new book written by Micheal Wolf, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, there are several different … Continue reading
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The new middle east policy
Original article title- Is the US undermining the Middle East peace process? URL: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2018/01/undermining-middle-east-peace-process-180123183502248.html With the visit of the Vice President Pence to Jerusalem, came an announcement. The American embassy that is scheduled to be built in Jerusalem had a … Continue reading
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