Things like Ted Cruz’s threat to Murder Iran’s Ayatollah are why Iranians don’t Trust US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ted Cruz said Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ted Cruz said Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - With the success of the Iran deal…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The puzzle of Russian intentions in Syria…
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US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms
RT | - - "The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for safe passage. They handed over pick-up trucks…Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo
By IMEMC News | - - Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West Bank, after the funeral of a Palestinian…Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?
Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | (Niqash.org) | - - They have been harassed, threatened, have lost all their worldly goods and forced to flee. What, if anything, would make Mosul's Christians want…The tragedy of Iraq’s Sunnis
By Chloe Cornish IRIN | - - KIRKUK (IRIN) - Iraq is congested with armed men: Kurdish peshmerga in the north; forlorn Iraqi army troops strung across the country; ascendant Shia militia…Are U.S., Russian Arms Supplies to Iraq, Syria a Blessing to Rebel Groups?
Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United States and Russia are escalating arms sales to two of their major allies in the Middle East…West Bank: Clashes as thousands march in slain Palestinian’s funeral
Ma'an News Agency | - - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday from wounds [inflicted] by Israeli forces at…With Iran deal, & Russia in Syria, is Israel being Boxed In?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - With the success of the Iran deal virtually assured and with Russia moving into Syria, Israel's hawks are facing an unprecedented setback. These…Syria flying Russia-supplied Drones, Fighter Jets against ISIL/ Daesh
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The puzzle of Russian intentions in Syria will likely be revealed by president Vladimir Putin at the UN next week. Putin will meet…The Scandal of Saudi’s Syria Refugee Policy
By Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | - - The violent civil war in Syria and rise of Islamic State (IS) has forced millions to flee their homes, cascading across Europe in…Breakdown In Saudi Organization leads to Stampede killing over 700 pilgrims near Mecca
CNN | (Video News Report) | - - "Miqdaad Versi of the Muslim Council of Britain says Saudi Arabia has made strides to keep pilgrims safe at Hajj but growing numbers increase…Al Jazeera journalists freed in Egypt
John Terrett | (Al Jazeera America Video Report) | - - "Baher Mohammad and Mohammad Fahmy were pardoned by Egypt's president this morning. John Terrett has more." Aljazeera America: Al Jazeera journalists…Israel imposes lockdown on East Jerusalem neighborhoods
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities closed the main entrances to East Jerusalem neighborhoods with cement blocks on Wednesday, preventing Palestinians from preparing for the Eid al-Adha…Is the United Nations being captured by Transnational Corporations?
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 2015 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is commemorating its 70th anniversary next week punctuated by a summit…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,…