The Trump Doctrine: End NATO, Patrol Mosques, Nukes for Japan & Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Cooper Anderson's interview with Donald Trump on…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Cooper Anderson's interview with Donald Trump on…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2015 energy companies invested more in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That massive Russian air strikes and a…
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“Investigate Israel’s Extrajudicial Killings:” Sen Leahy, 10 other Congressmen
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM -- US Senator Patrick Leahy along with 10 other Democratic congressmen have called on the US to investigate the possibility of "gross violations of human…Under Israeli Siege, Gaza running out of Clean Water
AJ+ | - - "According to the United Nations, 90 percent of the water in Gaza is undrinkable, and the population relies heavily on a coastal aquifer that could become unusable in…After Palmyra, the last days of the phony Caliphate?
TeleSur The loss of the historic city amounts to one of the biggest setbacks for the extremist group since it declared a caliphate in 2014. Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes…Basques, N. Ireland, Muslims: Belgium’s Problems rooted in Europe’s long History of Exclusion
By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | - - “What we feared has happened,” remarked Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, in the immediate aftermath of the horrible and violent attacks…After Brussels, the Strategy of ISIL/ Daesh
By Paul Rogers | (OpenDemocracy) | - - Tunisia, Paris, and now Brussels: escalating attacks on western targets reflect a shift of focus by ISIL. The security consultancy IHS Jane’s has just…Fall of Palmyra: Syrian regime races to take ISIL’s ‘Berlin’ and forestall ‘Partition’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That massive Russian air strikes and a determined infantry and armor assault by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the ancient city of…Israeli Squatters issue death threats against Videographer who filmed execution of Palestinian
By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC | -- A Palestinian videographer and human rights worker whose video of the murder of a 21-year old Palestinian by an Israeli soldier has received widespread attention…What would effective Counter-Terrorism look like after Brussels?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The various nostrums proposed to counter Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) terrorism in Europe and North America by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz (armed patrols…Will Western powers Respond to HRW’s demand for arms embargo on Saudi Arabia?
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - As hundreds of civilians continue to be killed in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, one of the leading…30 Americans die worldwide from Terrorism annually, while 130,000 die by accident
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The right wing is carping that President Obama is "downplaying" the dangers of Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in the wake of the Paris and…UN: Israel Soldier’s execution of wounded Palestinian on ground gruesome, unjust
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A UN official on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the brutal "extrajudicial execution" of a wounded Palestinian by an Israeli soldier that…Mosul: Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL’s Hold?
Special Correspondent | Niqash.org | - - An increase in air strikes on Mosul is causing more civilian casualties. Ordinary people live in fear, the Islamic State uses deaths for propaganda and…Trump’s and ISIL’s Gray Zones: Radicals’ Terrorism sign of Syria, Iraq Defeat
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is no accident that Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is using Donald Trump in its new recruitment video. Although Trump hasn't killed anyone to…ISIL’s target wasn’t Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union
By Joaquín Roy | (Inter Press Service) | - - In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the…UN to Vote on Database of All Businesses dealing with illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements
TeleSur | - - The U.N. resolution, which angered EU countries, says certain companies and enterprises are helping the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. The United Nations Human Rights Council will vote…In wake of Brussels attacks, Europe demands negotiated Settlement of Syrian Civil War, Now
By EurActiv with AFP The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met with Syria’s regime and opposition... (23 March) to underscore the urgency of a political solution in the country, especially in…Europe: Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples’ Rights
By Fiona de Londras | (The Conversation) | - - The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has…Dear Trump & Cruz: Muslim Turkey arrested Brussels Terrorist & Gave him to European Authorities
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The paroxysms of hatred and bigotry spewed by the two GOP frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign probably do not need any pretext,…Remember: Refugees are fleeing ISIL; they aren’t ISIL
Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | - - Getting from Turkey to Europe was a cakewalk compared to escaping the [so-called] Islamic State-run city of Fallujah, says one Iraqi. Fleeing families must cross…Brussels: An Older Kind of Terrorism, and the challenge of Airport Security
By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | - - The terrible scenes in Brussels following a terrorist attack now claimed by Islamic State are a reminder of just how vulnerable airports can…