Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - The attention span of US television news is…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - The attention span of US television news is…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Bernie Sanders opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | -- At a summit on Monday, Iranian foreign minister…
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Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - The attention span of US television news is so short that it is difficult for it to cover ongoing wars in which there isn't…Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion
By IMEMC | - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed coalition deals with two parties on Wednesday, in his first steps toward constructing a new government, one week before the deadline to…The One-State Conundrum: The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine
By Sandy Tolan | (Tomdispatch) | - The SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian musician, prepares his…Global Connections: World History as Social History – a New Synthesis
I and colleagues have just brought out a world history. Because of the fine and exciting writing of my co-authors, it is more than just a textbook. My readers often ask me…“We had to destroy Tikrit to save it from ISIL”: Recovered Iraqi City a Ghost Town
By Mustafa Habib | Tikrit | (Niqash.org) - It's been almost a month since the Islamic State group was expelled from Tikrit. NIQASH went there and found a graffiti-covered ghost town ruled…The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Bernie Sanders opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation of that country. Sanders wanted to get out of Afghanistan from 2011 much…Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle
By Adam Coogle | (Human Rights Watch) | - King Salman’s promotion of his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef to the position of crown prince and heir apparent marks a change of direction…Iran’s Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: ‘Hollywood-style Policing’
Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) The anchors debate the following speech from last Sunday of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he contrasted Iranian policing to the "Hollywood-style policing" of…Iran calls for Nuclear Disarmament by US, Israel, World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | -- At a summit on Monday, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif turned the tables on the countries demanding that Iran keep its nuclear program…UN Report: 2014 Israeli Assault on Gaza Hit 7 UNRWA Schools, Killed 44
By IMEMC | -- 44 displaced persons killed, 227 injured Attacks to be considered of "extreme severity toward those who looked to them for protection and sought refuge and were granted shelter…Young Arabs’ Faith in Democracy Shaken by return to Authoritarianism
By Roberto Savio ROME (IPS) - The results of a survey of what 3,500 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 – in all Arab countries except Syria – feel…Bush blames Obama for lack of Wars (‘Follow-Through’ on ‘Threats’)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - George W. Bush spoke privately this weekend at a Republican Jewish Coalition session hosted by casino sleazeball Sheldon Adelson, who made his pile in a…The Battle Plans of ISIL: Can they Succeed in Mideast Conquest?
By Richard Rousseau | (The Conversation) What is Islamic State’s political program? What is its ideology? Who are its theoreticians? The answers to these questions can be found in its propaganda. Islamic…Middle East Conflicts Trigger New U.S.-Russia Arms Race
By Thalif Deen | -- UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The escalating military conflicts in the Middle East – and the month-long aerial bombings of Yemen by an Arab coalition led by Saudi…Gaza Strip 101: World’s Largest outdoor Prison
Middle East Eye | - "The Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave wedged between Israel and Egypt, has been under blockade since 2007, shortly after elections brought the group Hamas to power. After…Beyond the Headlines: The New Arabs (Juan Cole Interview)
Jack Segal | International Affairs Forum (Traverse City) | - "For three decades, Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan has sought to put the…Nepal shows its vulnerability after devastating earthquake
By Simon Redfern | (The Conversation) | - For some time scientists have realised that the Kathmandu valley is one of the most dangerous places in the world, in terms of earthquake…Syria: Al-Qaeda takes Jisr al-Shughur, threatening Key Port
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - A coalition of extremist groups with al-Qaeda ties managed on Saturday to take the city of Jisr al-Shughur from the Syrian army. Among them were…The Moment the Nepal earthquake hit
BBC News | - "Video shows the moment earthquake hit Nepal... a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal, wrecking many historic buildings. The quake measured 7.9 and struck an area between the capital…The women of Palestine: caught between the occupation and patriarchy
By Ebru Buyukgul | ( Your Middle East) | - Around this time two years ago, Mona Mahajna, a 30-year-old mother of three, was found shot dead in her apartment in Umm…