Over the past three weeks, Turkey has launched a series of cross-border artillery bombardments against the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the foremost fighting-force...
Good morning, readers! We're wandering around all over the internet today as we get up to speed on the events of the weekend. We're particularly interested in the lives of refugees, political shifts...
Good morning, gentle readers! This week we're exploring refugees, hip hop, the aftermath of the Women's March, and much more. Reading anything great at the moment? Drop a link in comments – we'd...
The failure of last Friday's attempted putsch in Turkey, which was foiled within a few hours, and the rapid crackdown on dissenting elements in Turkey's legal and military system, has led to some...
This week, the RNC opens in Cleveland, Turkey is in political turmoil, France reels in the aftermath of a terrible terrorist attack, and more police officers were shot and killed in the United...
We're starting out the week with reads about the gay community, conservatism, and...fish? Read on to find out more! 'What Does Islam Say About Being Gay?' (New York Times) Stereotypes assert that...
The catastrophic Syrian civil war and the clashes between Islamist and secular militants that have gone on since 2011 have razed what used to be a middle-income country of 20 million people to the...
Over the weekend, suicide bombers in Ankara killed 34 people and injured over 100 others in a devastating terror attack. For Turkey, still reeling from the deaths of over 100 people in a similar...
Turkish forces have been fighting the Kurds, a significant ethnic and cultural group in the country as well as in the surrounding region, for decades dating back to 1978. This region is often...
Happy Leap Day from Global Comment! Your US-based Editor in Chief is gearing up for Super Tuesday and critical primaries in the morning, but before tucking into bed, how about some lovely reading to...