Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US plans to send another 500…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US plans to send another 500…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, is asking…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US Department of the Treasury's Office…
Foreign Policy
Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t seek to establish a Palestinian state
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he “hoped” US President Barack Obama would not seek to establish a Palestinian state at the…Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy
By Fawaz A. Gerges | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - LONDON – Donald Trump’s recent claim that his opponent in the US presidential race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,…Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US plans to send another 500 troops to Iraq to help with the massive Mosul campaign, which will involve the Iraqi army…Questioning US Arms Sales, impunity for Saudi Arabia
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | - - The bi-partisan failure to review the nature and benefit of the US-Saudi relationship has been a striking feature of US foreign policy for…Israel releases Jerusalem journalist after she served 6-months for Facebook post
By Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities released Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik on Monday, after she served nearly six months in prison over charges of “incitement.” Family…Colonial Slow Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas asks Britain for “Balfour” Apology
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, is asking Britain for an apology for its having in 1917 issued the infamous "Balfour Declaration." He won't…UN Calls Out Saudi Arabia for Killing Yemeni Women and Children
By TeleSur | - - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon demanded all parties fighting in Yemen "fully respect their obligations under international humanitarian law." In a rare move, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called…Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal
By Kamal al-Ayash | Ramadi | ( Niqash.org) | - - Locals are struggling to get rid of the explosive booby-traps the Islamic State left as they withdrew from Ramadi. For one…Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the real power center for the American government, has issued licenses to…Montazeri recording surfaces condemning mass killings that Haunt Iran’s Revolution
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once in line to become Iran's supreme leader, has come back from the grave to haunt the Islamic…Stopping the War on Children
Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line and stop the war against children. That…US College Course on Palestine Reinstated after Cancellation under pressure from Israel Lobbies
By IMEMC | - - University of California, Berkeley, has reinstated a course on Palestine that was cancelled under pressure from pro-Israel groups, according to a press release. Palestine Legal said, according…Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living
By Susan Lee | (The Conversation) | - - Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with the aim of becoming “the world’s most…Obama: End terrorism like that in New York by Destroying ISIL in Mosul, Iraq
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama met yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi and discussed the coming campaign to take the northern Iraqi city of Mosul…Syria: Are Russo-Iranian and US-Saudi interests converging enough for a Ceasefire?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) The Syrian civil war is now in its sixth year, with occasional ceasefire deals made and violated by the warring parties being a cyclical process. The…Can Palestinians fight their Displacement with Oral History?
By Thayer Hastings | (Al-Shabaka) | Ma'an News Agency | - - Oral history has a long precedent in Arab and Palestinian culture that stems from a broader oral tradition. In the…The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide
By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy ) | - - Sunnis and Shias have lived together in peace for centuries, and up to the new millennium have barely had a history…George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan
TeleSur | - - The report "can only jeopardize the pursuit of peace and stability," South Sudan representatives said. A new report claiming that South Sudan’s leaders have exploited the country’s ongoing…In Massive Intel Error, US Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helps ISIL Advance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a massive intelligence failure, the US Air Force hit a Syrian military installation in Deir al-Zor that it thought was Daesh (ISIS,…“Pigs! Crusaders!”: US-Backed Fundamentalist Militias drive US Commandos out of al-Ray, Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As Raf Sanchez of The Telegraph writes, fundamentalist militiamen of the US-backed Free Syrian Army chased US commandos out of al-Ray in Syria…