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Syrian activists and a war monitoring group say that dozens of suspected Russian airstrikes have pounded villages on the edge of the last rebel enclave in northwestern Syria, sending thousands of civilians fleeingJune 9, 2020, 12:26 PM2 min readBEIRUT -- Suspected Russian airstrikes pounded villages on the edge of the…

Hamilton, Ont. (Special to Informed Comment) – George Floyd has ignited an “Arab Spring” in the United States. Like the now-fallen dictators of Egypt and Tunisia, the current American regime demonstrates that it does not serve the people. It consumes them. Trump’s America is a failed state. That’s why other…

LONDON (AP) — When black men died at the hands of U.S. police in recent years, the news made international headlines. The name of George Floyd has reached the world’s streets.Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, Floyd’s face has been painted on walls from Nairobi,…

MOSCOW- Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on June 4 praised Russian-Turkish cooperation in Syria for having "solid results." Zakharova spoke at a video conference in Moscow and responded to criticism by U.S. State Department official Matthew Palmer who expressed concern about Turkey's willingness to strengthen and expand…

By Thanussha Priyah, 05 Jun 2020 Image via ariyantodeni / Shutterstock.comStreet artists around the world have presented their personal tributes to remember George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis cop last week. Along with a group of artists who created a beautiful painting to honor Floyd at the site…

Turkey’s defense ministry has announced the death of a Turkish soldier in Idlib, the last rebel-held territory in northwest SyriaMay 27, 2020, 4:46 PM1 min readISTANBUL -- Turkey’s defense ministry has announced the death of a Turkish soldier in Idlib, the last rebel-held territory in northwest Syria. In a statement…

Still in power: Bashar al-Assad’s regime may now be safe Louai Beshara · AFP · Getty From the first months of the 2011 Syrian uprising, the Assad regime became regionally isolated. That November, Syria was suspended from the Arab League (of which it was a founding member), a decision prompted…

This week, the Syrian Army, Liwa al-Quds and the National Defense Forces have conducted a series of anti-ISIS raids in the Homs-Deir Ezzor desert. The intensification of the anti-ISIS efforts followed an ISIS attack near Ghabagheb, on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor highway. On May 17, ISIS terrorists set up a fake…

Before he held political office, Iraq’s recently elected Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was a strong critic of his predecessors for turning the country into “Iran’s backyard” in the eyes of other nations. “A strong, coexisting and cohesive Iraq is the option that will best serve Iraq’s long-term interests,” he wrote…

Video: Caliphate in Miniature: Rift Between Turkey and Al-Qaeda in Idlib By South Front, May 20, 2020 The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on the M4 highway, near the town of Nayrab, when the Turkish Army and militant groups directly controlled by Ankara clashed with Hayat Tahrir…