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The Real Problem with the Iraq War: It was Illegal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I won't disguise my impatience with the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I won't disguise my impatience with the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hillary Clinton has repeatedly attacked Ed Snowden…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia was rocked yesterday by three…
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Israeli commander testifies: soldier unjustified in point-blank Hebron execution
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- An Israeli army commander testified on Wednesday in the ongoing trial of Elor Azarya, an Israeli soldier accused of shooting and killing a prone Palestinian in Hebron in March,…Surprise! It was a War Crime
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By Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | - - While UN-brokered peace talks between Houthi rebels and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government-in-exile struggle to reach a political resolution to end a 15-month-long war, a…How ISIL’s attacks on Saudi Arabia aimed at Undermining the Monarchy’s Legitimacy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia was rocked yesterday by three terrorist attacks, presumably the work of Daesh (ISIL, ISIS). The attacks were carefully distributed and aimed…Ordinary Iraqis defy sectarianism after Islamic State’s attacks on Baghdad
By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | - - “I’m happy that I graduated. I’m so grateful to my parents and I dedicate my success to both of them.” These were the…Tzipi Livni Refuses Police War Crimes Interview; UK Government Provides Last-minute Immunity
By IMEMC | - - Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Unit transmitted a letter to the Israeli Embassy in London last week inviting Ms. Tzipi Livni to a police interview under caution in…Int’l Criminal Court Won’t Investigate Blair but Might Prosecute Soldiers
TeleSur | - - The Hague says it is not in its mandate to prosecue Blair, but may use the long-awaited Chilcot report to prosecute British soldiers for malfeasance. With the long-anticipated…What the carnage at Istanbul’s Airport tells us about Europe
By Karabekir Akkoyunlu | ( OpenDemocracy) Once the external anchor of Turkey’s democracy, the EU‘s normative influence has sunk as low as its reputation among its many erstwhile supporters, who now feel…4th of July US Consulate attack in Saudi Arabia: Suicide Bomber injures Guards
TeleSur | - - A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast outside the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia’s second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state…Turkey’s six foreign policy sins and the Istanbul Bombing
By Sibel Oktay | (Informed Comment) | - - You don’t have to be an avid follower of international news to have heard about the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport –…Israel: Meretz Head says “Netanyahu’s Theory Of Running The Conflict Has Collapsed”
IMEMC | - - Meretz Party head, Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Zehava Gal-On, stated Saturday that the theory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of running the conflict has failed, and added…Buddhist Mob Burns Down a Muslim Mosque in Myanmar Village
TeleSur | - - A mob has burned down a mosque in the second attack of its kind in just over a week. Scores of Buddhists ransacked a mosque in northern Myanmar…US Claims 116 Killed in Drone Strikes, Critics Say 1,000
TeleSur | - - Human rights organizations argue the U.S. government has grossly underestimated the number of civilian deaths caused by drones. The United States government accepted responsibility Friday for inadvertently killing…Top 5 things that Make Bangladesh a natural Target for Extremists
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bangladesh has been plagued by extremist violence for years, but the violence and hostage-taking in Dhaka on Friday and on Saturday morning was…Putin’s Winning Hand in Syria, as Turkey Apologizes and Obama Deals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Vladimir Putin was the skunk at the party in the West after his annexation (or repossession, depending on how you look at it)…Iraq: al-Anbar’s Cities are ISIL-Free, But Can they be kept that Way?
Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | - - Every time extremists are forced out of Anbar's cities they take refuge in nearby desert and attack again. Now it seems like the same guerilla…Istanbul Suicide Bombers Were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Official
TeleSur | - - The attack at Ataturk Airport is suspected to be the work of [Daesh or] the Islamic State [IS] group. Three suspected IS suicide bombers who killed 44 people…Israeli Land Theft: 440% Increase in 2016
IMEMC News | - - Israeli land confiscation policy has notably escalated in occupied Jerusalem and West Bank by 439% since the beginning of 2016, in comparison to last year, a Palestinian…Now Iran-Kurdish Tensions are Spiking; Why?
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Clashes erupted this month between Kurdish fighters and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), with each side claiming to have inflicted casualties on…