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Updated December 24, 2015 - 11:28 PM EST
Officials: Pentagon Reduces Oversight on Drones
 
  Pentagon: Improvised ISIS Anti-Aircraft Tech No Threat to US Planes
  Civilians Flee Ramadi, Iraq Predicts 'Complete Liberation' in Days
  Russia Dismisses Amnesty Report on Possible Syria War Crimes
  Assad Aide: Syria Ready to Join Peace Talks
Reinforcements Sent as Taliban Seizes Sangin
UN 'Alarmed' by Yemen Ceasefire Violations
USAF Planned the 'Systematic Destruction' of Soviet Cities
'No Fly List' Operates in Secret, Power to Exclude Is Vast
Viewpoints
Republican Candidates Defend Killing Civilians – So Do Democrats  by Stephen Zunes
Beware 'Sunni-Stan': Neocons' 'Vision' Is Darker Than Ever  by Ramzy Baroud
Nigerian Military: 'The Real Boko Haram'  by Glen Ford
Salute the General Who Dared to Break the Silence  by Gideon Levy
Neocons Still Demanding Regime Change in Iran  by Jim Lobe
In San Bernardino, a Crime – Not an Act of War  by Joseph Margulies

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Frontline
Italian President Offers Pardons in CIA Rendition Convictions
French Cabinet Backs Plans to Embed Emergency Laws in Constitution
Cameron's Office to Probe Why UK Muslim Family Barred From US
Gunmen Kill Resistance Colonel in Yemen's Aden
Watchdog: Secret US 'Cuban Twitter' Programs Problematic
 
Iraq/Syria
131 Killed in Iraq as Fighting Continues in Ramadi
Wave of Attacks Kills at Least 15 Civilians Across Iraq
Triple ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 11 Syrian Govt Fighters

Iraq's Kurdistan Region Takes Small Step Toward Economic Reform
Turkish Minister: Iraq's Stability Depends on Capture of Mosul
Somber Christmas for Iraq's Christians Under Threat From ISIS
Refugee Crisis
Seven Migrant Children, Six Adults Drown Off Greek Island
Germany Arrests Syrian Suspected in Drowning of Migrants
Turkey Moves to Clamp Down on Border, Long a Revolving Door
Syrian Migrants in Istanbul Confront Choice: Stay or Move On
Canada Says May Miss End-Of-Year Syrian Refugee Target
Czech PM Says Germany Encouraged Illegal Immigration, His Twitter Account Later Hacked
Austrian Right-Wing Activists Stage Mock Beheading of Migrant Advocates
Turkey
Report Reveals 44 Children Killed in Turkey Since July
Turkey's Southeast Hit by More Clashes, Militants Launch Bomb Attack
Russia Suggests Turkey Planned Downing of Warplane
Suspected Bomb Kills One at Istanbul Airport, Investigation Launched
Turkish Leftists Clash With Police at Funeral of Female Radicals
Pro-Kurdish Turkish Politician Visits Russia, Criticizes Ankara Over Downed Jet
Iran
Republicans, Administration Spar on Visa Travel for Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Says US Visa Law 'Breaches Nuclear Deal'
Russia to Start Building Two Nuclear Reactors in Iran
Israel/Palestine
Two Israelis, Two Palestinian Attackers Killed in Jerusalem
Video Shows Jewish Radicals Celebrating Wedding by Stabbing Photo of Dawabsheh Baby
18 Arrested at Protests Over Alleged Torture of Duma Suspects
Netanyahu Backs Shin Bet as Right-Wing Protests Continue
Finally, Something Israelis and Palestinians Can Agree On – Their Dislike of Obama
 
The War at Home
TSA Sharply Curtails Ability to Opt Out of Electronic Body Screening at Airports
US Plans Raids to Deport Families Who Surged Across Border
NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes in Juniper Firewalls
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Not Guilty to Supporting ISIS
Pete Seeger Was Labelled 'Subversive' After Speaking Out Against Plan to Deport Japanese
Ukraine/Russia
Ukraine Health System in Danger of Collapse as Reforms Stall
Russia Issues Crimea Banknote in Move Likely to Irk Ukraine
Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Kremlin Foe Khodorkovsky
Europe
UK Turning Away Most Afghan Refugees Fleeing Conflict Despite Sending Troops to Helmand
Georgian PM Garibashvili Resigns Months Before Elections
France Beheading Attack: Suspect Yassin Salhi Kills Himself
Bosnia Court Indicts Wartime Commander for Crimes by Islamic Fighters
Pakistan
8 Separatists, 2 Soldiers Killed in Pakistan Gun Battle
Pakistan Recalls Diplomat Over 'Terror Link' Row
Asia
Japan Says Armed Chinese Coastguard Ship Seen Near Disputed Islands
Russian DM: Russia Rearms Kyrgyzstan to Counter ISIS
US Lifted Uzbekistan's Rights Ranking as Cotton Field Abuses Continued
Thai Junta Reaffirms Will Hand Back Power in 2017, Entering Second Phase of Reforms
Africa
Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Launch Strikes on Three Countries in Lake Chad Area
Boko Haram Militants in Niger Kill Five as Regional Attacks Mount
Ethiopia Opposition: 80 Killed in Month of Protests Against Land Plan
Rights Group: Nigerian Soldiers Kill Hundreds of Shi'ites
UN Council Backs Libya Deal, No Western Air Strikes Sought
Who Runs Algeria? Many Doubt It's Ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Sudan Suspends Leading Paper, Accuses Owner of 'False News'
Cuba
Cuba Holding Political Prisoners, Says Catholic Church
Guatemala Disputes Stranded Cubans Need Humanitarian Access
 
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Columnists

Justin Raimondo
12/18/2015
No Easy Answers

Ivan Eland
12/22/2015
Trump's Ban on Muslims Is Unconstitutional and Obscures Real Solution

Dan Sanchez
12/22/2015
War Is Realizing the Israelizing of the World

Sheldon Richman
12/19/2015
America's Asymmetrical War Against the Muslim World

Lucy Steigerwald
12/18/2015
Technology Is a Mysterious Enemy to Politicians

Nebojsa Malic
11/22/2015
The Dayton Miracle: Bosnia Armistice, Still Alive at 20

Ran HaCohen
10/19/2015
What Israel Is Up To in Jerusalem

David R. Henderson
12/16/2014
Questioning the Powerful
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Ehsan Ahrari
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Alan Bock
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Tom Engelhardt
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Sascha Matuszak
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington
 
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