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UN Chief Says US Power is Declining and the World is in Pieces

Guterres suggested the world is moving away from a US-led order to a multi-polar system that has yet to fully settle.

Middle East Monitor
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif prepare to take their seats for a meeting, Monday, July 17, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

UN chief Antonio Guterres said in comments published Thursday that US power is in decline as Washington loses its ability to impact world events, Anadolu reports. “I think that the soft power of the United States … is being reduced at the present moment,” Guterres said during an interview with the Atlantic magazine. Guterres warned the

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Conflating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism a Dangerous and Useful Ploy for Zionists

“Having grown up in Jerusalem I can recall how each year on particular days, including the Israeli Day of Independence, there would be processions at the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods where the Israeli flag would be burned.”

Miko Peled
بواسطة Miko Peled
Israel anti-Zionist Jewish Sect

JERUSALEM -- (Analysis) According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, anti-Semitism is defined as “hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.” This is also how anti-Semitism is understood by people in general. However, the state of Israel and Zionist organizations around the world do not want the term to

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17 Ruinous and Fruitless Years After 9/11, US Looks to Face-Saving Peace Talks with Taliban Before Exiting Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, locals will soon mark 17 years of destruction and death across their country, where invading Western forces have accomplished little save for the utter shredding of a country’s social fabric, the erection of a tottering, unstable government, and a swollen price tag for a war that now costs $45 billion per year and is the longest war in U.S. history.

Elliott Gabriel
بواسطة Elliott Gabriel
US Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – As the U.S. marked the 17 years that have passed since September 11, 2001, people across the Muslim world have looked back on the destruction the U.S. has unleashed in the so-called “Global War on Terror” that was launched in the wake of the World Trade Center’s destruction. In Afghanistan, locals will also soon mark 17

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Nikki Haley Confirms US Will Now Attack Syria for “Any Attack” on Idlib

The Trump administration now seems poised to launch an attack on the Syrian government in response to any type of military operation in Idlib, the Syrian province teeming with al-Qaeda affiliated extremists.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Nikki Haley Idlib Syira

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration now seems poised to launch an attack on the Syrian government in response to any type of military operation targeting Syria’s Idlib province, according to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Speaking on Fox News on Wednesday, Haley stated that any Syrian attack on Idlib, regardless of whether or not

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Wall Street Is the Definition of a Ponzi Scheme (Literally)

The market economy in general is designed to exploit billions of us while a tiny number get ridiculously rich. It doesn’t care about the health or sustainability of our society as it facilitates the extraction of all the wealth and resources by sociopaths.

Lee Camp
بواسطة Lee Camp
Wall Street Banksy

Maybe it makes me unsophisticated, but I don’t think about the stock market that much. I know that many say it’s the central nervous system of our economy. I know its estimated worth is around $30 trillion. And I know that when it tanks, the lives of millions of Americans are wrecked, ruined and upended. I know that when that happens, the powerful

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UN Commission: Syrian Opposition Forces Should Leave Idlib

Russia and the Syrian regime have accused Idlib as being a “nest of terrorists” and a “festering abscess” that must be resolved.

Middle East Monitor
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Syria

A UN commission has called for Syrian opposition groups to leave urban areas in the northern province of Idlib in order to prevent an attack from the Syrian government and its allies. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Chief Paulo Pinheiro made the suggestion yesterday, echoing UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura’s comments last week. “Most of

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