Informed Comment daily updates (09/09/2024)

 

Egyptian President al-Sisi’s Ankara Visit: A Turning Point in Turkey-Egypt Relations Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a historic visit to Turkey. This is the first time in 12 years that an Egyptian president has traveled to the country. After years of tension, it appears that Cairo and Ankara are beginning to bury the hatchet. During Sisi’s […]

Sudan: Abusive Warring Parties Acquire New Weapons Renew, Expand UN Arms Embargo

America’s Catch-22: Not enough Affordable Housing, but it’s increasingly Illegal to be Homeless By Cedar Monroe and Liz Theoharis In 2019, a group of homeless folks were living on a deserted piece of land along the Chehalis River, a drainage basin that empties into Grays Harbor, an estuary of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of the state of Washington. When the city of Aberdeen ordered the homeless […]

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