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Syria: poverty, desperation and revenge push youth to join ISIS
Probing new research by the NGO for which I work has uncovered why thousands of young Syrians have become extremist fighters in their civil war torn country.It has found the need to earn a basic...
Civilians will be murdered if Britain goes to war
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 10:48
Britain's brave Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been fighting the political battle of his life to stop the government bombing Syria. Sadly, despite opposition from the UK's biggest trade unions and a large majority of its party membership, some lea ...
It's global: Journalists risking death to carry on reporting
Submitted by Newsdesk on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 16:59
Recently Islamic State in Raqqa sent an ominous message to an exiled Syrian journalist. Tell us who is filing covertly from the occupied city, the terrorists warned, or we will execute your father. The editor refused to name names. His father was shot to ...
'Why are Americans so scared of Syrian refugees?'
Submitted by contribs editor on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 15:47
People in the US want to shut the door on Syrian refugees. According to one poll, 53 percent of Americans disapprove of allowing them into the country while another 11 percent would admit only Syrians who are Christians.Most governors have ...
Destitute and desperate: Male prostitution on rise in Lebanon
Submitted by Newsdesk on Sun, 02/16/2014 - 19:16
In an economically troubled, conservative country where homosexual behaviour is taboo, a growing number of men are prostituting themselves to scrape together a living.When talking about his life "Hassan" hesitates, the words coming out with diff ...
'Right to protect' hypocrisy of America on chemical weapons
Submitted by Newsdesk on Tue, 09/17/2013 - 11:31
How can the US proclamation that it intends to intervene militarily in Syria to protect civilians from chemical warfare be taken seriously, when the US has slaughtered and poisoned hundreds of thousands with chemical weapons itself, in Vietnam, Iraq and el ...
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