Senate Approves Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-De.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today released the following statements after the Senate unanimously approved S.712, the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. Named in honor of…
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Arab World, Congress, Iran, Middle East, News, Senate, TerrorismAmerican hostage in Iran , Bob Levinson , Iran , James Foley , Senator Bob Menendez , Senator Chris Coons , Senator Jeanne Shaheen , Senator Marco Rubio , terrorism , U.S. Senate Dancing to the Darkest Light: Turning Tragedy Into Something Positive To Enrich The Lives Of Other Arriving in New York after fleeing the terror of the Islamic revolution in Iran, Soheila Adelipour and her family believed the worst was behind them. Life was great for a while; the kids went to college, worked hard and…
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American Arabs, Authors, Book Review, Culture, Features, Iran, Middle East, Spotlightauthor , book , Dancing To The Darkest Light , Iran , Iranian , Soheila Adelipour , writer UN Human Rights officials condemn Iran for executing teenager Two UN human rights experts today expressed their dismay that the Islamic Republic of Iran has again violated international human rights law by executing by hanging this morning child offender Shayan Saeedpour. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
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Hyatt Magazine to host Arab Heritage Month reception Hyatt Magazine will host a special dinner commemorating Arab American Heritage Month at the Paradise Banquets in Bridgeview on April 21, 2020. April is recognized in 18 American states as Arab American Heritage month and was designated in a special law adopted by the Illinois Legislature in…
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American Arabs, ArabAmerica.com, Chaldean, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights, Culture, Egypt, Features, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Lebanon, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Spotlight, Tunisia2020 , April , Arab American heritage month , elected officials , Hyatt Magazine , Illinois , Maria Pappas , Michael Madigan Increasingly Questionable US military presence in the Middle East By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz The expanding US military presence in the Mideast reveals a number of central problems. The threats of ISIS lie dormant. The new discoveries of vast fields of natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean Levant basin (and elsewhere) are temptations for state…
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Increasingly Questionable US military presence in the Middle East
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Increasingly Questionable US military presence in the Middle East By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz The expanding US military presence in the Mideast reveals a number of central problems. The threats of ISIS lie dormant. The new discoveries of vast fields of natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean Levant basin (and elsewhere) are temptations for state…
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