By: Joyce Rothermel Editors Note: This statement was released in December 2019. The United States, under the presidency of George W. Bush, together with the United Kingdom launched war on Afghanistan on […]
NEVER-ENDING WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
By: Michael Drohan Early on Friday Jan 3, 2020 President Trump ordered the assassination of Maj. General Qassim Suleimani of Iran near Baghdad Airport, Iraq. Suleimani was the head of the Quds […]
Yemen Can’t Wait
By Joyce Rothermel Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, is currently facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis; the United Nations reports that half of the population is already facing pre-famine […]
Sixth Annual Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Forum

By Mary Dawn Edwards (Photo Caption: Speakers Ibrahim Mohamed Ishaq, Eric Cohen, Andrew Burnett and Brian Adeba lead the discussion at the Sixth Annual PDEC Forum. (Photo: Chelsey Engel) The Sixth Annual PDEC […]
Bombing James Comey and Stormy Daniels
By Michael Drohan On Saturday, April 7, 2018 a gas attack on the city of Douma in Syria, was reported. Douma is a suburb of Damascus formerly controlled by two jihadist factions, […]
Bahrain: Dissecting the Tiniest Country of the Anti-Qatar Group

July 1, 2017 – By Fatema Juma As a former resident of Bahrain, allow me to begin my observations by reflecting on 2011, the year, in the media’s eyes, when the Arabs […]
Palestinian, Israeli, and Jewish Diaspora Partners Defy Occupation

June 13, 2017 – By Bob Mason Saturday night, May 22nd, canopied by a star-encrusted sky, I joined 90 activists (approximately 60 American, Australian, British, Canadian, and European Jews, 20 Palestinians, and […]