THE WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS...

Mar 7, 2016 by

THE WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS HELPED SPARK SYRIA’S CIVIL WAR

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS   Migrants in Mytilene, island of Lesbos, Greece, on February 24, 2016. Image: Markus...

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FOR MANY, FAITH COMES AT A HIG...

Dec 19, 2015 by

FOR MANY, FAITH COMES AT A HIGH PRICE

[Translate] SundayReview | Op-Ed Columnist   NY TIMES Nicholas Kristof Yazidi refugees from the Sinjar Mountains in Iraq and Syria...

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CAN EUROPE SURVIVE THIS INVASI...

Nov 10, 2015 by

CAN EUROPE SURVIVE THIS INVASION?

[Translate] Pat Buchanan | TOWN HALL “Amodern day mass migration is taking place … that could change the face of...

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WE’RE STILL FIGHTING GEO...

Oct 23, 2015 by

WE’RE STILL FIGHTING GEORGE W. BUSH’S BATTLES: SYRIA, ISIS AND THE “WORST FOREIGN POLICY BLUNDER” IN AMERICAN HISTORY

[Translate] Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the Middle East is more volatile than ever. Welcome to permanent war Peter Van...

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HOT SPOTS AND THE THREAT OF WA...

Oct 4, 2015 by

[Translate] BY FOSTER GAMBLE – THRIVE MOVEMENT   Foster: I think you probably noticed already that an in-depth discussion...

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HOW TO END THE CIVIL WAR IN SY...

Oct 3, 2015 by

HOW TO END THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA

[Translate] It won’t be easy, but there are concrete measures we can take right now to relieve the agony. By the Editors  THE NATION...

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IRAN AND RUSSIA RISKING THEIR ...

Sep 16, 2015 by

IRAN AND RUSSIA RISKING THEIR OWN VIETNAM IN SYRIA?

[Translate] There are growing reports that Iranian troops, not just advisers, have joined Hezbollah in defending the Assad...

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WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING F...

Sep 9, 2015 by

WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING FLOOD OF CLIMATE REFUGEES

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network     An aerial view of Bangladesh shows the impact of flooding on arable land....

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WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST W...

Sep 9, 2015 by

WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST WAIT UNTIL WE DUST-BOWLIFY MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Petr David Josek, AP Refugees wait in Budapest   “The Syria conflict has triggered...

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AS TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE, A B...

Aug 31, 2015 by

[Translate]   Middle East By Liz Sly WASHINGTON POST Children play amid garbage at an informal Syrian refugee settlement near...

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ISLAMIC STATE’S DANGEROU...

Aug 27, 2015 by

ISLAMIC STATE’S DANGEROUS EFFORT TO WIPE OUT HUMANITY’S PAST

[Translate]   By Aram Sinnreich   TRUTHDIG   Ruins in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, before the country was plunged into...

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THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANG...

Jul 23, 2015 by

THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ISIS IS REAL

[Translate] Climate by Joe Romm   CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP/Charlie Neibergall   Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley...

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After Iraq-Syria Takeover, the...

Jun 11, 2015 by

[Translate]  DEMOCRACY NOW http://publish.dvlabs.com/democracynow/ipod/dn2015-0611.mp4?&start=1918.0&end=2986.0 A year ago...

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How fossil fuel burning nearly...

May 27, 2015 by

How fossil fuel burning nearly wiped out life on Earth – 250m years ago George Monbiot

[Translate]  George Monbiot   THE GUARDIAN New evidence shows that catastrophic climate change probably destroyed 96% of species at...

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How the U.S. Drug Wars of the ...

Apr 28, 2015 by

How the U.S. Drug Wars of the ’90s Led to Today’s Policy of Targeted Assassinations in the Middle East and Africa

[Translate] News & Politics A strategy that failed utterly back then would later be applied full scale to the war on terror with...

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Fear, fatigue and separation: ...

Apr 14, 2015 by

Fear, fatigue and separation: a journey with migrants willing to risk everything

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Smugglers are taking more illegal migrants through the western Balkans, but the route holds great hardships...

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ISIS: Making sense of the spec...

Mar 22, 2015 by

[Translate] Experts explain how botched American policies helped create a movement that revolutionized Islamist extremism Laura...

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Human-Caused Warming Helped Tr...

Mar 4, 2015 by

Human-Caused Warming Helped Trigger Current Syrian Conflict And Rise Of ISIS

[Translate] by Joe Romm   CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock A new study finds that human-caused climate change was a major...

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America’s next Iraq disaster: ...

Feb 27, 2015 by

America’s next Iraq disaster: Why the war against ISIS is escalating — more than we know

[Translate] ISIS poses no significant threat to the American people. So why are calls for troops on the ground increasing? Elias...

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