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Archives: War
![Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/water-being-used-as-weapon-of-wa-187x137.jpg)
![Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/is-israeli-military-using-barak-187x137.jpg)
Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - The revelations from former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's memoir keep coming. Another excerpt was broadcast by Israel's Channel 2 on Sunday. Barak gave…![Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/gaza-managing-the-disaster-isnt-187x137.jpg)
Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired
By Charlie Hoyle | (Inter Press Service) | - - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave. A year on from…![Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/saudi-led-war-in-yemen-provokes-187x137.jpg)
Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced
By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence in Yemen “has radically increased” since March,…![Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/petition-calling-for-israeli-pm-187x137.jpg)
Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral
By IMEMC | - - A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few…![Controversy: Did Turkish anti-PKK Airstrikes hit civilian Kurdish village of Zargeli?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/controversy-did-turkish-anti-pkk-187x137.jpg)
Controversy: Did Turkish anti-PKK Airstrikes hit civilian Kurdish village of Zargeli?
BBC | (Video News Report) | - - "Turkey may have joined the air war against Islamic State militants across the border in Syria. The nation has also been taking action against…![Water Wars from the Pharaohs to the West Bank in 2 mins. via Lego Animation](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/water-wars-from-the-pharaohs-to-187x137.jpg)
Water Wars from the Pharaohs to the West Bank in 2 mins. via Lego Animation
AJ+ | (Video report) | - - We wanted to tell the story of water wars throughout history. We also wanted to play with Legos. Here's the result. The programs conducted by…![Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/syria-civil-war-leaves-civilians-187x137.jpg)
Syria Civil War leaves Civilians with Water Cut-offs, Raw Sewage in Rivers
By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Caught in the grips of a summer heat-wave, in a season that is seeing record-high temperatures worldwide, residents…![ICC Prosecutor Ordered to Reconsider Israeli Flotilla Raid](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/icc-prosecutor-ordered-to-recons-187x137.jpg)
ICC Prosecutor Ordered to Reconsider Israeli Flotilla Raid
By IMEMC | - - The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered its chief prosecutor to review a decision not to probe Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, saying…![The Next Gaza War](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/the-next-gaza-war-187x137.jpg)
The Next Gaza War
By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - "A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” declared Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in…![Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/afghanistan-the-first-rule-of-co-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work
By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | - - The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly and violently demonstrated their determination not to…![Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/female_commandos-629x426.jpg)
Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban
By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) - For years, Robina Shah has dreamed of joining the police force. Ever since her father, a police constable,…![For Gaza Children, Returning to School reminder of Dead, Wounded Classmates](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/for-gaza-children-returning-to-s-187x137.jpg)
For Gaza Children, Returning to School reminder of Dead, Wounded Classmates
Fred Abrahams | (Human Rights Watch) | -- The fighting began one year ago and lasted for 51 days. In Gaza, Israeli attacks from land, air, and sea killed 551 children and…![Yemen Is Starving, and We’re Partly to Blame](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/yemen-is-starving-and-were-partl-187x137.jpg)
Yemen Is Starving, and We’re Partly to Blame
By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - 80 percent of people in the Arab world's poorest country are in danger of starving to death under a U.S.-backed blockade…![The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-great-wall-of-turkey-ankara-187x137.jpg)
The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. It may or may not be true.…![Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/yemen-caught-between-saudis-hout-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War
By Belkis Wille | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen's rebels and a Saudi-led coalition. Hisham Yahya,…![Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/yemen-saudi-airstrikes-kill-58-i-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children
RT | (Video report) -- "Saudi-led coalition warplanes are continuing to pound Houthi targets in Yemen despite the rebels agreeing to UN-backed peace talks. The strikes have killed 58 people across the…![The “Bomb Iran!” Lobby Gears Up for 2016](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-bomb-iran-lobby-gears-up-for-187x137.jpg)
The “Bomb Iran!” Lobby Gears Up for 2016
By Sina Toossi | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - "A tight-knit group of neocon dead-enders is pushing Iran to the forefront of the GOP's foreign policy agenda." In a recent…![Yemen conflict fans food insecurity](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/yemen-conflict-fans-food-insecur-187x137.jpg)
Yemen conflict fans food insecurity
By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) - AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) - The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country's food insecurity, according to a new report, which predicts that…![Now Yemen’s Houthi Rebels are forcing Children Into Battle](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905085349im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/now-yemens-houthi-rebels-are-for-187x137.jpg)