Posts Tagged ‘despotic’

French Parliament calls for cancellation of sanctions against Russia

     The lower chamber of the French Parliament has backed by a majority vote a resolution calling on the government to cancel the sanctions against Russia imposed by the EU in 2014 over Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and support for pro-autonomy rebels in eastern Ukraine. “Most French are for lifting the sanctions. Today’s vote showed […]

You read it right: USA wants Al-Qaeda’s allies to govern Syria

A Saudi-backed opposition committee representing the rebels fighting to overthrow the Assad government in Syria have agreed on a chief negotiator for peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. The rebels will be represented by Mohammed Alloush, political leader of Jaysh al-Islam. Mohammed Alloush’s brother, Zahran, led Jaysh al-Islam until he was killed […]

Sophisticated Orientalism in the New York Times

As part of the New York Times‘s coverage of the rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the paper included an article today titled “How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?”  The piece described the 7th century schism in Islam in some detail, and summarized the differences in religious beliefs.  The implication is that this […]

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