#Risk of #NuclearWar Now Highest Since #WorldWar2: #UN

Defunding UNRWA: Trump’s Legal Sleight of Hand against Palestine
By Rima Najjar
Trump wants to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and shift responsibility for Palestine refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). What has UNHCR got to say about that? Is it worried about any negative effects, such as what it has to say about Iran? Read more...

Turkish Army Pullout Will Bring Peace to Northern Syria?
By Firas Samuri
In mid-January 2018, the Turkish General Staff announced the beginning of Olive Branch Operation. The goal was to oust the Kurds from the outskirts of Afrin, as well as to create a buffer zone along the Syrian-Turkish border. Read more...

Newly Revealed Documents Show Syrian Chemical “Attacks Were Staged”

#US #Israel #Coalition Is #Burying the #Palestinians #Alive

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Mr. Trump, You Cannot Erase the Palestinian Right to Return
By James J. Zogby, September 03, 2018
First, the Trump Administration “took Jerusalem off the table.” Now, in an especially dangerous display of recklessness, they have announced their intention to do the same for the Palestinian “right of return.”

EU Vows to Keep Backing UNRWA After Trump Scraps US Financial Aid for Palestine Refugees
By Middle East Eye, September 03, 2018

#America’s #National “#Defense” Is #Really “#Offense”

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Shifting Geopolitical Realities in Afghanistan. Threat to US Hegemony?
By Fraidoon Amel, January 28, 2018
Violent geopolitical rivalries between imperialist and hegemonist powers over Afghanistan’s natural resources, trade and transit routes, and geostrategic location have dramatically intensified. Despite sixteen years of heavy-handed US presence to establish its hegemony in Afghanistan and beyond, influence of regional powers like Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, and India is growing.

UK Defence Secretary Accuses Russia of Planning to Kill “Thousands and Thousands and Thousands” of Britons