Geoff Watts (2021-11-27). [Obituary] Michael Llewellyn Rutter. thelancet.com First professor of child psychiatry in the UK. He was born in Brummana, Lebanon, on Aug 15, 1933, and died of cancer in London, UK, on Oct 23, 2021, aged 88 years.
Anonymous669 (2021-11-27). Algerian President Says Syria Should Take Part In Next Arab League Summit. southfront.org 
The official flag of the Arab League. | On November 26, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that Syria should return to the Arab League during the next Arab summit which will be held in Algiers upcoming March."Syria is supposed to be present," the President told reporters when asked if the next Arab summit in Algeria will see Syria's return to the Arab League. | The President stressed that the upcoming Algiers summit should be inclusive in order to help reunify the Arab world once again."When we organize an Arab…
Andrew Green (2021-11-27). [Perspectives] A history of US engagement in the HIV/AIDS response. thelancet.com >In late September, 2021, US President Joe Biden tapped John Nkengasong to lead the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). If approved for the role as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of US Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Nkengasong will inherit a programme at a point of inflection. PEPFAR has been leaderless since Deborah Birx decamped in February, 2020, to coordinate the White House's COVID-19 response under the administration of Donald Trump. She left PEPFAR ahead of the findings from UNAIDS in July, 2020, that highlighted uneven progress towards 2020 milestones in the…
_____ (2021-11-26). Washington Unleashes Biological Warfare in Syria. journal-neo.org 
The US crimes in Syria have already been repeatedly reported by the Western media, the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, as well as various international organizations. The airstrikes on Syrian cities, which were carried out by the US and the coalition led by them in violation of international law and had disastrous consequences for civilians, …
_____ (2021-11-26). Ethiopia: The West's Diplomats Meet In Secret To Decide How To Help The TPLF. popularresistance.org Former ambassadors and current diplomats for the United States, Britain and EU had a Zoom meeting this past Sunday with an official for the TPLF in what amounts to a green light from the West for the terrorist group's attempts to overthrow the democratically elected Ethiopian government. And there's evidence to prove it: a phone-cam video of the two-hour meeting.
_____ (2021-11-26). Ethiopia: The West's Diplomats Meet In Secret To Help The TPLF. popularresistance.org Former ambassadors and current diplomats for the United States, Britain and EU had a Zoom meeting this past Sunday with an official for the TPLF in what amounts to a green light from the West for the terrorist group's attempts to overthrow the democratically elected Ethiopian government. And there's evidence to prove it: a phone-cam video of the two-hour meeting. | "I hope that you'll have military success fairly soon, because it seems as if the situation is only becoming more drastic," said Vicki Huddleston, who was Chargé d'Affairs ad interim in Ethiopia during years the TPLF were in power. | France's retired d…
MEE, agencies (2021-11-26). Lebanon: Pound plummets to new low. middleeasteye.net 
Lebanon: Pound plummets to new low | Purchasing power of Lebanese in free fall, with minimum monthly wage of 675,000 pounds now worth just $27 | Fri, 11/26/2021 – 11: 52 | People exchange Lebanese pounds and US dollar notes on the black market in Lebanon's capital Beirut (AFP/File photo) | The Lebanese pound sank to a new low on the black market on Friday, with no end in sight to the econo…