A great result for Linke in the German elections. A bright, radical party led by a young, combative woman leader who wears her political DNA on her left arm. Hopefully Linke’s new generation will build on this result and remain the home on all opposed to fascism and xenophobia.

The continuous crash of the Iranian currency riyal has created design issues for the main rate-reporting website Bonbast, which started activities when the Pounds was 4-5000 tomans. Six figures were likely not predicted in the original design.

The proverbial dustbin (trashcan) of History. Obligatory cover photo for any survey book on the History of Modern Syria moving forward.

Posters such as the one here provide more than a hint of the North Korean inspiration for the Syrian Baath's ceaseless production and expansion of the cult. Hafez al Assad visited North Korea early on in his rule - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTM8...

While browsing Le Figaro for my current project on the Iranian Revolution, I came across these snippet on the failed attempt to unite Baathist Syria and Iraq in 1979. While the Iraqi actors in this story have been long consigned to History, the final moments of the Baath era in Syria are upon us.