How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I met an emperor once, but have…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Regular readers will know that in my…
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How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, but Congress has for the first time in his presidency over-ridden his veto.…Syro-Russian Hospital Bombings in Aleppo “War Crimes,” worse than Slaughterhouse- Ban Ki-moon
By TeleSur | - - Western media reports that the airstrikes were conducted by Syrian or Russian aircraft as part of an offensive launched by President Bashar al-Assad. At least six people…Palestinian families forced to raze their homes amid spike in Israeli-enforced demolitions
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Two Palestinian families in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina were forced to demolish their own homes for being built without…RIP Shimon Peres: Last Great Israeli leader to believe in 2 State solution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I met an emperor once, but have only met a couple of presidents. Shimon Peres (1923-2016) was one. I met him briefly in…The Presidential Debate that did not really Happen
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Regular readers will know that in my view the 2016 presidential election did not happen. Likewise, the first debate between the two candidates…Israel Apartheid Wall Is the Muse to Trump’s Mexico Border Wall
By TeleSur | - - Trump's signature campaign propsosal is modeled, he says, on Israel’s “successful separation barrier." Ahead of Monday’s presidential debate between U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and U.S.…Syria, Russia push to take East Aleppo pocket as airstrikes kill 66, wound 200
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Only a week after seeming to agree to a ceasefire, Russia and the Syrian regime in Damascus appear to have decided to throw…Egypt: New Church Law Discriminates Against Christians
By Human Rights Watch | - - Authorities Fail to Prevent, Punish Violent Attacks (Tunis) – A long-awaited new law maintains restrictions over the construction and renovation of churches and discriminates against…ISIL used Chem on US Troops in Iraq; but this time US Gov’t isn’t talking WMD
By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - The group known as Islamic State (IS) reportedly used a sulpur-mustard gas against US troops in Iraq. It was detected in a black…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…