Senior National Security Advisers urge Obama to put Spec Ops Troops close to ISIL Front
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe at the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe at the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Former British PM Tony Blair reiterated on…
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said three…
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Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse
Channel 4 News | (Video News Report) | - - "More than 200 people have been killed in a powerful quake which shook areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan and was felt as…Tel Aviv: Israelis Rally against Netanyahu’s Policies toward Palestinians
By IMEMC | - - Thousands of Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, which they blame for the recent wave of…Let’s not forget: the real drivers behind Palestinian anger
By Hugh Lovatt | ( Your Middle East) | - - "Israeli society continues to turn a blind eye to the suffering it inflicts on Palestinians" An end to the violence will…Bush Lapdog Blair can’t Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Former British PM Tony Blair reiterated on Sunday some of his previous half-hearted "apologies" for illegally launching a war of aggression on Iraq…Palestine: Hebron at eye of the storm as death toll rises from Squatter attacks
By: Killian Redden | Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma’an) -- As the death toll has risen across the occupied Palestinian territory, the southern West Bank city of Hebron has…Ahmadinejad’s Ex-Bodyguard Among Growing Number Of Iranians Killed in Syria
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) | - - A onetime bodyguard for former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has been killed in Syria while fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, according…The Intifada, Viral Death, and the Facebook Fallacy
By Julie Poucher Harbin, Editor, | Interview with Rebecca Stein | ISLAMICommentary | - - There are varying explanations for the uptick in violence in Israel-Palestine over the past few days, but…Russia/Syria: Possibly Unlawful Russian Air Strikes
Human Rights Watch | - - (New York) – At least two air strikes in northern Homs on October 15, 2015, that local residents believed to be Russian, apparently violated the laws…Is Russia’s offer of Parliamentary Elections in Syria Serious?
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said three surprising things Saturday in an interview with Rossiya 1. 1. Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad would have…Jewish Squatter attack on Leader of Rabbis for Human Rights caught on Video
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Jewish settler on Friday attacked the head of the Israeli group Rabbis for Human Rights during a Palestinian olive harvest in the…Iraqi Kurds Face Hard Diplomatic Choices Between the US and Russia
By Histyar Qader | (Niqash.org) | - - It is tough for Iraqi Kurdistan to turn down any kind of aid when it comes to fighting the Islamic State. So now the…Forever Refugees – Palestinian Families expelled by Israelis to Syria lose Homes Again
By: Mai Abu Moghli, Nael Bitarie, and Nell Gabiam | Ma'an News Agency | - - Similarly to their Syrian counterparts, Palestinians in Syria have been severely affected by the ongoing war.…Did US-Russia Tensions Help Bring Iraq Victory in Baiji and Anbar?
By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) Recently Iraqi anti-extremist forces have made some of the biggest gains in months. Iraqi military leaders explain how they beat the Islamic State; some credit US- Russia…Palestinians need hope, not calm
By John V Whitbeck | (Middle East Eye) | - - It is a sad reality that, unless Jewish lives are lost, Israelis and the Western world tend to feel that the…Russian-Speaking Militants Prepare To Fight Assad In Hama
By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/RL) ) | - - Two Russian-speaking militant groups, including a battalion within Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the Al-Nusra Front, claim they are preparing to fight Syrian government…What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003?
By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003? How would things be different in the Middle East today? Was Iraq, in…First US Soldier Killed in Combat with Daesh/ ISIL as 70 Hostages Freed
By Juan Cole | - - A joint operation by US Delta force and Iraqi Kurdish freed 70 captives on Thursday, led to killing of 20 and the capture of 6 Daesh…US-Russia wrangle over Iraqi Sphere of influence: Parliament to Weigh In
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi is alleged to be under "enormous pressure" from Shiite militiamen and hardliners to seek Russian airstrikes on Daesh…Armed Israeli Squatters Attack Palestinian Hebron Homes as Fateh calls General Strike
By IMEMC News | - - Armed Israeli settlers -- under Israeli military protection -- attacked Palestinian homes with stones and empty glass bottles to the east of Hebron city, on Tuesday,…The Real Reason al-Assad Met Putin in Moscow
By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL ) | - - Three weeks after the start of Russia's bombing campaign, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during…