Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Ben Carson's and Donald Trump's comments about…
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Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a "liberal" or "progressive" in American politics is incorrect and indeed a little bizarre. The…Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran
By Richard Krushnic & Jonathan Alan King | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Imagine for a moment a genuine absurdity: somewhere in the United States, the highly profitable operations of a set of…Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?
By Marta Ter | (Open Democracy) | - - For a couple of years after 9/11, there was a solid US-Russia anti-terrorism cooperation that basically gave the Kremlin a freer hand in…Syrians welcomed Armenian, Iraqi, other Refugees but now Unwelcome as Refugees
AJ+ | - - "The world hasn't been very hospitable to refugees from Syria – a country with a long history of taking in people displaced from other parts of the world."…As Russia supports Iran in Syria, Netanyahu Loses Again
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Military Intelligence chief Hertzi Halevy, visited…Violent clashes in Jerusalem fed by extreme Israeli counter-measures
By Yoav Galai | (The Conversation) | - - On the evening of Monday September 14, Alex Levlovich was driving back from the Rosh-Hashana Seder, the celebration of the Jewish new year,…Syria, Reserve army of Terrorism: Taliban Uzbek in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Village
By Joanna Paraszczuk and Barno Anvar | ( RFE/ RL ) An Uzbek militant has carried out a suicide truck bombing in the predominantly Shi'ite town of Fua in Idlib Province, part…Majority of Palestinians lose hope in 2 States, Await Israeli Ethnic Cleansing
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A majority of Palestinians now oppose a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, with only a third believing it is still a…What’s behind Russia’s military build-up in Syria?
By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | - - Evidence is emerging of a significant intensification of Russia’s military support for the Assad government. While the exact scale and purpose of Russia’s…Turkey Risks Turmoil with end of Peace Process & of Non-Intervention Policies
By Omer Tekdemir and Oğuzhan Göksel | (Open Democracy) | - - Though often depicted as a relatively stable exception in a turbulent region, the Republic of Turkey has also wrestled with…Islam: Acceptance of Diversity & Pluralism is Key to the Qur’an’s Theology
By Galym Zhussipbeck | ( ISLAMICommentaryIraq: Shiite Militia Abuses Mar Fight Against ISIS
Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington) – Iraqi government-backed militias carried out widespread destruction of homes and shops around the city of Tikrit in March and April 2015 in violation of…Tikrit: ‘My Son joined Daesh/ISIL, Now I’m Living in Hell’
By Ghazwan Hassan al-Jibouri | Tikrit | (Niqash.org) | - - While [the so-called 'Islamic State' group] ruled Tikrit, many locals joined. When they were beaten there, fighters fled, leaving family members…Reports: Reluctant Russian Soldiers Oppose ‘Secret’ Syria Mission
By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/ RL ) MOSCOW -- Several Russian soldiers are seeking help from human rights advocates to oppose what they say are secret orders to send them to…Aqsa Crisis: PM Netanyahu wants Israeli Forces to use Live Fire against Rock Throwing Demonstrators
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Thousands of demonstrators came out in Jordan on Friday to protest what appears to be a new Israeli assertion of authority over Muslim…Israel has moved 600,000 Squatters onto Palestinian Land in West Bank
By IMEMC News | - - About 600 thousand settlers live in the West Bank and half of them are in Jerusalem district, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in…Can Digital India flourish without Freedom of Speech? PM Modi in Silicon Valley
Priya Satia | (Huffington Post) | - - The Indian community of Silicon Valley is preparing to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open arms next week, in a route stop…As Iran takes on ISIL/ Daesh, can it avoid the Sectarian Trap?
By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | - - In an obvious attempt to show initiative and good will, President Hassan Rouhani recently declared Iran’s readiness to discuss Syria with the United…Rights group: Israelis have killed nearly 2000 Palestinian children since 2000
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- More than 1,991 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces and extremists since 2000, according to figures released by an international rights…Refugees from the Phony Caliphate: Iraqis hire People Smugglers to escape Mosul
Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | - - Hassan Hafouzi* and his family paid people smugglers so they could leave Mosul, the city controlled by the so-called Islamic State group. Two days after…