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2015 Hempstalk Harvest Festival Kicks off Saturday at 10am

Thousands Ascending on Portland to Celebrate Hemp and Cannabis, Rain or Shine!

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The 11th Portland Hempstalk Harvest Festival is taking over Tom McCall Waterfront Park this weekend, and hemp enthusiasts couldn’t be happier.

Portland's annual Hempstalk Festival advocates decriminalization of hemp and cannabis for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use. Though stories to the contrary were spread without foundation, Hempstalk is on!

Kobani One Year after Resistance; Domestic Perspective

Syrian Foreign Minister willing to accept (some of) the demands of the Syrian Kurds

(SALEM, Ore.) - A year has passed from the first days of the Siege of Kobani by ISIS forces, a city that has been unknown for many people in the West Asia.

However, after the resistance of the Kurdish forces against the invasion of the ISIS terrorists, the town’s name has been frequently circulated in the media, newspapers, and among the people in different parts of the world.

Reports Say Israel Financially Supports ISIL

Virtualaz of Azerbaijan reported that a third of Iraq’s Kirkuk oil moved to Israel in the Spring of 2015 through companies owned by Erdogan’s son and son in law through the Jihan port in Turkey.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Financial Times reported that Israel’s purchase of oil from ISIL equals $1 billion, a figure that took a chunk out of Israel's payment to Azerbaijan, which felt the impact from the reduction of its oil purchase in the first half of 2015.

FT further reported that in the last 3 and a half months, three quarters of Israel’s oil demand purchased from Iraqi and Kurdish parties.

What Goes on among Supporters and Opponents of Assad in Syria? (II)

In part two we discuss the role of the Kurds and the perspective of recent developments affecting the crisis in Syria.

(ALWAGHT / SALEM, Ore.) - Groups and counties pursuing their own goals in Syria are deepening the crisis there. In this article we are just trying to give you a better understanding of developments in Syria.

In the first part of this series, we discussed the conditions of the supporters and opponents of Bashar al-Assad. In this second part, we are going to discuss the role of the Kurds and the perspective of recent developments affecting the crisis in Syria.

German Socialist Party MP: Turkey`s Strategy is a Secret Alliance with ISIL

Germany’s intelligence agency, BND, published documents proving AK party’s cooperation with ISIL terrorists.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Germany’s member of parliament from the Socialist party, Sevim Dağdelen, provided evidence while claiming Turkey’s AK party uses the fight against ISIL as a cover up to pursue its domestic and foreign objectives.

Dağdelen further said that Turkey’s foreign objective is weakening PYD and Kurdish activities in Northern Syria with the excuse of attacking ISIL positions.

What Goes on Among Supporters and Opponents of Assad in Syria? (I)

In this article, we review the supporters and opponents of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and accordingly we discuss the recent developments affecting the crisis in Syria.

(ALWAGHT / SALEM, Ore.) - The more the Syrian crisis lingers on, the more difficult it becomes to find a political solution and it becomes increasingly complicated.

In the initial months of the crisis, despite very limited numbers of domestic actors in the conflict, there was some hope to find a way out of the deteriorating situation in Syria; however, with the passage of time and the emergence of new actors on the scene of conflict, the hope for an end to the crisis fades.

Israeli Air Raid Kills Pregnant Palestinian Woman in Gaza

In just one week, Israeli regime forces have killed 21 Palestinians in occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem).

(GAZA STRIP / SALEM, Ore.) - Palestine's al-Aqsa Satellite Channel reported that Israeli jets dropped bombs on a house where a woman was killed along with her 2-year old son, Rahaf, and other members of her family were injured.

The Israeli regime claimed the brutal attack was Israel's response for rockets reportedly fired from the besieged territory towards the occupied territories.

The Mystery of Fleeing Saudi Princes and Immense Oil Wealth

Where is this all going?

(XINHUA News Agency / SALEM) - Affluent Saudis, including Royal family members, are in a rush to flee the country in the wake of nation-wide unrest which has engulfed the oil-rich kingdom since Saudi Arabia – US's closest Arab ally in the volatile Middle-East– waged a devastating war on poverty-stricken Yemen.

Having assumed the throne, septuagenarian King Salman has adopted unstable domestic and foreign policies such as excessively empowering his ambitious son Mohammad Bin Salman.

Netanyahu Discredits Israel in the World

Israel's prime minister is losing popularity at an alarming rate.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Reported by “Times of Israel”, Isaac Herzog, the leader of opposition groups inside Israel, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to England.

“Netanyahu not only has made trouble for Israeli citizens, but also has harmed Israel’s reputation by his actions in the world,” Herzog said.

Third Palestinian Intifada: on Its Way or Already Arrived?

If the third intifada breaks out, the media element will be exponentially more powerful than it was in the Second. Smartphones produce myriad images that go flying across the media and social media in an instant... - Ha'aretz, Israeli analyst David Rosenberg

(SALEM, Ore.) - A third Palestinian Intifada (uprising) has been on the horizon for years. For the Israelis, the recent developments and outrage across the West Bank and al-Quds (Jerusalem) have shown that a third Palestinian Intifada is not merely a mirage.

If an intifada has already begun it certainly does not resemble the first and the second one.