Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Journalists such as the intrepid Liz Sly covering…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in putting together a shaky…
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Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”
By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing religious "government of war" is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said Thursday, vowing to fight it on the…Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?
By Kanya D'Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and frustrations are running equally high, as a…Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime coalition of Hizbullah and the Syrian Arab Army is looking for some victories against the al-Qaeda-linked…Syria: What if Turkey and Saudi Arabia install al-Qaeda in Damascus?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Journalists such as the intrepid Liz Sly covering the Syrian Civil War were struck with the victories of the Army of Conquest coalition in…Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | -- Fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a military parade after al-Sadr protested the US' draft law. A recent piece of proposed legislation sponsored…Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) -- For years, AIPAC and the Netanyahu government in Israel have tried to mark the Iran nuclear talks as a “Jewish” or ‘Israeli’ concern distinct from…Israel’s Government Ratchets even Further Right: Great Moments in Colonialism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in putting together a shaky coalition of parties that would give him 61 seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament. In such…Israel Slammed Over Treatment of Palestinian Children in Detention
By Mel Frykberg | - RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) - Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council demanding that action be taken…Holy War Hotel: 5-star resort opens for ISIS supporters in Iraq
RT | - "It may look like any other top resort in Iraq, but the Ninawa International Hotel in Mosul has one major difference. It is the first 5-star hotel for Islamic…“Killing Me Softly” in Palestine: Lauryn Hill Cancels Israel Concert under BDS Pressure
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - In another sign that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's far-right nationalism is turning Israel into a pariah state, pop star Lauryn Hill has cancelled…Iranian Police Arrest Leading Human Rights Activist Again
By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | - Narges Mohammadi, the deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) co-founded by Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, was arrested on…Afghanistan’s Endless War: Between the US, Taliban and ISIL
By Brian M. Downing | (Informed Comment) | - War is largely a seasonal activity in Afghanistan. Winters are harsh and fighters need to work fields and tend herds. With spring, another…Young Muslim-Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad
AJ+ | - "Muslims condemned the attack at a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. But some of them started drawing cartoons of their own." AJ+: "Muslim Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad"How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by Israel-Firsters: Look again at the Prophet’s example
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - In the period from roughly 610 to 622 CE ("AD"), Muhammad ibn Abdallah of the noble Quraysh tribe in the western Arabian city of Mecca…What Islamic State learned from the mad men of the ad world
By Mike Marinetto | (The Conversation) | - John Bartle, Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty were the mad men of the 1980s. Their BBH ad agency was the marketing genius behind Levi’s…Cunning Stunts in Iraq: ISIL Sleeper Cells Are Secret Weapon in Ramadi
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) - Refugees from Ramadi trying to escape the city and extremists. Last week's small extremist victories in Ramadi were fuelled by the work of sleeper cells,…Video Shows Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Beaten By Police – Violent Clashes In Tel Aviv
AJ+ | -- "Clashes on the streets of Tel Aviv. Thousands of Israelis of Ethiopian origin have taken to the streets after a video appeared online. It appeared to show an Ethiopian-Israeli…Rohingya Muslim Minority Migrants targeted by Buddhists found in Mass Grave
Wochit News / IRIN | - "Dozens of police and volunteers exhumed six more bodies on Saturday in the second day of digging out a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking…Israeli soldier testimonies reveal ‘shoot to kill’ policy in Gaza war
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Testimonies from over 60 Israeli soldiers and officers who fought during last summer's war in the Gaza Strip were released to the public Monday, raising serious concerns over whether…Black Lives Matter in Israel too: Protest against police violence
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | -- Several thousand people, mostly hailing from Israel's large Ethiopian population, took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest racism and…