Syrian refugees pass the 4 million mark
The number of refugees fleeing Syria since the start of the civil war has now surpassed 4 million, according to a July 9 press release from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Calling it “the world’s single largest refugee crisis” in the past twenty-five years, the UNHCR also estimates that at least 7.6 million people have been displaced within the country.
Source: Muftah
The potential conflict which lurks beneath Iraq's war against ISIS
Cheapened by overuse and over-simplification few analogies between present-day events and Nazi Germany are very apt. Nevertheless the nature of the current alliance of disparate groups in Iraq against the common enemy embodied by Islamic State (Daesh) reminds one of the tenuous relationship between the Allied Powers in World War II. Once the odious Nazi state was pulverized and ripped apart from them new demarcation lines were drawn across German territory.
Source: Baghdad Invest
No, BS does not unfairly 'single out' Israel
When the most recent flotilla set sail for Gaza to protest Israel’s eight-year blockade, Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote an open letter to the activists. In a tone dripping with sarcasm, he suggested they had taken a wrong turn on the way to Syria. It’s part of a theme repeated obsessively: “there are worse violations elsewhere, but no one ever protests them. Therefore, protesting the occupation on behalf of Palestinians is hypocritical, anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. Therefore, it can be ignored.” Nowhere is this argument more prominent than as a response to boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) efforts against Israel.
Source: +972Mag
