Dylan, the American Left, and What We have Lost
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bob Dylan would no doubt be as…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bob Dylan would no doubt be as…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US Navy in the Red Sea…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton campaigned in Miami…
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Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US
By TeleSur | - - After a series of violent attacks and recrimination, an esteemed Muslim academic flees the U.S. Abdul Aziz returned home from school last week, his face bruised, his…US Goes to War with Houthis in Yemen (Openly)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US Navy in the Red Sea fired Tomahawk missiles into Yemen early Thursday morning, taking out three radar stations. Those facilities had…Gaza, open air Israeli prison, has reached 2 mn. Population
By IMEMC | - - The population of the Gaza Strip reportedly exceeded two million, on Tuesday night, following the birth of Walid Jihad Shaat, from the Rafah district, southern Gaza. Official…Family & Friends, not Religion, Draw People into Terrorist Groups
By Rose Delaney | (Inter Press Service) | - - LONDON (IPS) - A recent study supported by the government of Finland has found widespread misconceptions regarding what drives people to join…Apocalypse Or Bust: ISIL and the Battle For Dabiq
By David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | - - The town of Dabiq, in northern Syria, around 25 miles from Aleppo, with its population of just under 3,500, is an unimpressive…Russia and Turkey Make up: What implications for Syria, Kurds?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Turkey on Monday for direct talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in a bid to further normalize…Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?
By Fabíola Ortiz | (Inter Press Service) | - - An eight-meter-high "security wall" borders part of the Aida refugee camp, 1.5 km north of the city of Bethlehem. Credit: Fabiola Ortiz/IPS…Starving Yemen
By Helen Lackner | ( OpenDemocracy ) | - - Is the forgotten war turning into a forgotten famine? What answers will we give when the next generation ask how we could…Saudi Airstrikes kill Hundreds of Civilians, maim hundreds at Yemeni Funeral
By TeleSur | - - Saudi Arabia and 10 of its Middle East allies began their military offensive in Yemen with over 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops. Saudi-led warplanes killed at least…Federal Israel-Palestine? A Center-Left Israeli One State Solution
IBA News VOD | (Video Interview) | - - "Federation Movement Founder Emanuel Shahaf Explains One-state vision for Palestinian-Israeli peace." IBA News VOD: "Federation Movement's One-state Proposal Explained by Emanuel Shahaf"The Graveyard of ISIL
By Mustafa Sadoun | Fallujah | ( Niqash.org) | - - NIQASH visits an ISIL cemetery in Fallujah and finds the hastily built, last resting places of several of the group's leaders,…The Other Aleppo: A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City
Channel Four News | (Video News Report) | - - "We have seen the tragedy of East Aleppo which is under siege and fierce bombardment from the Syrian and Russian armies -…As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias
Human Rights Watch | - - Role of Abusive Armed Forces, Treatment, and Screening of Detainees (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should make a commitment to prevent any armed forces implicated in…De Mistura: al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has addressed the Levant Conquest Front, whose leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, has pledged allegiance to…Return of Virulent Nationalism: how language is being used to mark national borders
Mario Saraceni | (The Conversation) | - - According to a series of newspapers, immigrants will apparently change the English language in Britain beyond repair over the next 50 years. The Daily…Israeli Military seizes Female Gaza aid Flotilla
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed 'to highlight the vital role women play not only in the resistance movement, but in…Balder & Dash: Would our presidential Candidates start a Nuclear War? They won’t answer.
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to grab a snack. Or by that point…Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
By Chloe Benoist | Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave of unrest, a Palestinian upheaval, or even…US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Arab press reacted to the announcement on Monday by the US government that it was ending its military cooperation with the Russian…In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon
Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | - - In Mosul, the Islamic State is preparing for a siege, building walls, tunnels and trenches and boasting that, like the Prophet Mohammed in…