Did Bashar al-Assad win New Hampshire? Trump & Sanders Mideast Policies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won big…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won big…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters reports that Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and…
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VICE Special Report: Fighting Isis (Ben Anderson Debrief)
Journalist Ben Anderson gives a debrief on the current affairs occurring in Iraq and Syria and the events that led to the quagmire we currently see there today.Failed Syria Talks raise specter of new Refugee wave, Misery in Mideast, Europe
By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation | - - The Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis it has caused is the greatest humanitarian disaster facing the world right now. But while…The Evil Genie U.S. Let Out of Bottle in Iraq Continues His Rampage
By Russ Wellen | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - As time passes, whatever responsibility Americans took for atrocities in Iraq, which are ongoing, has almost completely disappeared. The word…Erdogan Threatened Europe with Refugees, now Demanding US abandon Syrian Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters reports that Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan allegedly bullied European leaders and threatened to drown Europe in refugees if his terms were not…Oil Dictator Dominos
By Bill Emmott | Project Syndicate | - - LONDON – Price movements as large and rapid as those that have upended oil markets since June 2014 are sure to cause pain…Russia, Syria Daily using Cluster Bombs in Attacks: HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – The Syrian-Russian joint military operation in Syria has included the use of internationally banned cluster munitions in at least 14 attacks across five governorates…Is Netanyahu Readying the next Israeli Assault on Blockaded Gaza?
By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - It is not true that only three wars have taken place since Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 in the Occupied Palestinian…Kaj Larsen Gives a Debriefing on Boko Haram (Vice)
Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An Arabic site that aggregates Facebook and other social media postings reports that Israeli officials are filled with anxiety and consternation about the…European Union rebukes Israel for home demolitions, squatter settlement expansion in Palestine
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, and reiterated "the EU's firm…As GOP Candidates pledge return of Torture, Pentagon forced to release Bush-era Abuse Photos
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) 'What the photos that the government has suppressed would show is that abuse was so widespread that it could only have resulted from policy or…Israeli forces begin construction over Bethlehem-area Roman historical site
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Wednesday began construction work on top of a historical site in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Jala, the…Says Syria: Any invading Saudi Troops Would Return Home in ‘Coffins’
TeleSur | - - The Syrian foreign minister also accused Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar of undermining the U.N. peace talks. Any ground troops who would “attack or violate” Syria’s sovereignty would…The Deep History of Iran – Arabian Relations (I)
By Khodadad Rezakhani | ( Mizan ) | - - This essay is an attempt at collecting some thoughts on an important historical event and its related historiographical questions. It is not…Syria Rebels face Collapse as Thousands flee North Aleppo
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Friday, the Syrian Arab Army and its Hizbullah and Iranian/ Afghan allies made further progress in taking the area just north of…End of Research in Egypt? The murder of my friend Giulio Regeni is an attack on academic freedom
By Neil Pyper | (the Conversation) | The body of Giulio Regeni was discovered in a ditch in Cairo on February 2, showing evidence of torture, and a slow and horrific death.…Turkey descends into civil war as conflict in southeast escalates
By Joris Leverink | (Inter Press Service) | - - ISTANBUL, Turkey, (IPS) - - The latest footage to come out of Sur, the historical district in Diyarbakir that has been under…Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy
TeleSur | - - The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel's ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its first embassy in the Western Hemisphere in…Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Aided by a massive Russian bombing campaign and Hizbullah and Iranian (or likely actually Afghan) reinforcements, the Syrian Arab Army has broken out…The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat
By Julie Poucher Harbin, editor/ Alberto Fernandez | ISLAMiCommentary | - - Dozens of Middle East studies scholars, students and the general public packed a public talk — “Beyond Hysteria and Apologia:…