Al-Qaeda Everywhere: US support for Oppressive Gov’t’s made Bin Laden’s Killing Moot
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US government has never understood insurgency…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US government has never understood insurgency…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Baghdad is under a state of emergency…
by Juan Cole: The US and the Russian Federation agreed Friday that from Saturday there would…
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Al-Qaeda Everywhere: US support for Oppressive Gov’t’s made Bin Laden’s Killing Moot
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US government has never understood insurgency for the most part. Smart USG officials with whom I've interacted have had a firm belief…After Obama-Salman Summit, will Saudi finally rein in Wahhabi Radicalism?
Christopher R. Hill | Project Syndicate | - - DENVER – US President Barack Obama supposedly “cleared the air” with Saudi King Salman before the latest meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council…Israel’s cement ban prevents hundreds of Gaza families from rebuilding homes
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israel’s punitive ban on cement imports into the Gaza Strip has prevented hundreds of families from rebuilding their homes devastated by the 2014…The End of American Iraq: Poor Shiites invade Parliament over corrupt Spoils System
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Baghdad is under a state of emergency on Sunday a day after members of the Sadr Trend stormed the Green Zone and invaded…ISIL to Trapped people of Mosul: No TV or Internet for You!
Niqash.org | (Mosul) | - - The Islamic State has issued orders banning satellite TV because it spreads false news. They’re also demanding all Internet users’ names to find spies sending information…UN must hold Perpetrators accountable for War Crime of Hospital Bombings: HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - An airstrike on April 27, 2016, that hit al-Quds Hospital and surrounding areas, killed 58 civilians, including medical staff and many patients, according to the Syrian…‘Monstrous’ violence in Aleppo as ‘Regime of Calm’ begins in rest of Syria
by Juan Cole: The US and the Russian Federation agreed Friday that from Saturday there would be a "regime of calm" in most of Syria. Two areas where clashes have broken out…ISIL Digging in Against new US Troops in Syria
By By James Miller| ( RFE/RL ) | - - On June 29, 2014, when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave a speech from the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, announcing the…Will it ever be ‘Mission Accomplished’? Why Baghdad is Still Insecure
By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - The outskirts of Baghdad are very dangerous these days. Islamic State fighters hide here, mounting attacks on the city. A security barrier…Syria: As fierce Fighting reignites, Aleppo on brink of ‘Humanitarian Disaster’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syria's largest city, Aleppo has seen a worrying outbreak of violence in the past week that could fatally undermine the cessation of hostilities…Seven members of Israeli ‘terror cell’ indicted for dozens of attacks on Palestinian civilians & property
By Celine Hagbard | (IMEMC) | - - Updated. On Monday, an Israeli court indicted seven Israelis, including two sons of a leading rabbi, a soldier, and two minor teens, for participating…The Collapse of the Old Oil Order
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Sunday, April 17th was the designated moment. The world’s leading oil producers were expected to bring fresh discipline to the chaotic petroleum…Egypt arrests Hundreds to Stop Protest, including Journalists, Lawyers
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Egyptian security forces arrested at least 382 people in the days leading up to and during the dispersal of mostly peaceful protests on April…Globally, deaths from explosive weapons rise 54%, & 3/4s are Civilians
TeleSur | - - Civilian casualties from explosive weapons rose by 54 percent in 2015 compared to 2011. More than three-quarters of those harmed by explosive weapons in 2015— bombs, missiles and…Syrian Kurds: True Revolution must Liberate Women
By Rahila Gupta | ( OpenDemocracy ) In less than four years, the women’s umbrella organisation, Kongira Star, has set up an autonomous, grassroots, democratic structure which has resulted in shifting patriarchal…Majority of Palestinian Youth support Violent Resistance to Israeli Occupation, despair of state of their own
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank have widely disparate opinions on the ongoing wave of attacks by Palestinians,…Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia laid out his vision for Saudi Arabia on Monday in a…Inclusive Governing key to preventing 5th Wave of Violent Radicalism
By Carl Bildt | (Project Syndicate) | - - STOCKHOLM – Muscular language has become increasingly prevalent in the debate about how to counter the threat of jihadist terrorism. Television talk-show hosts…ISIL Endgame: Obama to send 250 more US Troops into Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama is announcing Monday morning in Hanover, Germany, that he will send another 250 US troops, likely mostly special operations, into Syria,…Defeating ISIL in Iraq while Protecting Civilians: Don’t destroy Mosul to “Save” It
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Iraqi government forces gearing up to drive Islamic State fighters from Mosul should prioritize protection of civilians. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain in…