WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that bans Syrians from taking refuge in the United States, halts the U.S. refugee resettlement program for four months and temporarily blocks people from a handful of unnamed countries from entering the U.S. at all ( Read more... )

America to Stop Anyone But Our Allies From Committing Crimes Against Our Oil Sugar Daddies Humanity.

Exploiting the Tragedy of Aleppo
Official Washington’s dominant neocons have pushed emotional propaganda about Syria as a way to justify a “regime change” project there and are now furious with its apparent failure, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar ( Read more... )

Orange Monster Promises to Be Just as Freedom Loving as Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama.

It's 2016. Do You Know Where Your Bombs Are Falling?
The Forgotten War in Yemen and the Unchecked War Powers of the Presidency in the Age of TrumpThe long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a worse ( Read more... )

Syrian war: Red Cross doctor's heart-breaking letter from Aleppo

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A social worker who often dressed up as a clown to cheer up Aleppo's traumatised children has been killed in a missile strike in the besieged Syrian city.

Anas al-Basha, 24, was a centre director at Space for Hope, one of many unheralded local initiatives operating against the odds to provide support services to Syria's war-torn opposition areas.

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OP: Regarding the first article, I won't hold my breath, but it would be great if Assad could be held accountable. The second article is some recent news from Aleppo.
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German lawyers seek criminal case against Syria's Assad

Targeted bombing of hospitals and civilian areas in Aleppo cited as evidence of atrocities by the Syrian ( Read more... )

A team of workers in France began demolishing the "Jungle" migrant camp on Tuesday, pulling down tents, shacks and other makeshift shelters that thousands have called home over the past two years.

CNN journalists saw a team of "cleaners" in orange jumpsuits and hardhats dismantling the temporary structures and disposing of migrants' possessions ( Read more... )

Pence Gets Clobbered By Federal Appeals Court In Refugee Case

The conservative U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Chicago just hammered Trump’s “savior,” VP candidate, Mike Pence. The decision is Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Michael R. Pence, in his official capacity as Governor of Indiana, et al., Dkt. No. 16-1509 (October 3, ( Read more... )

Syria conflict: Why truce was doomed to fail

OP: This article is a little old (Sept. 21st) but discusses important issues with regards to recent events in Syria, including the problems with the recent (failed) negotiated truce.

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