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Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South China Post reports some incredible…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Aside from the slow, steady advances being…
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Remember when Nazis stripped Jews of Citizenship? Now Israeli Right wants To
TeleSur | - - Coalition whip MK David Bitan also wants to strip citizenship from B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad, after he made calls to sanction Israel. “The only democracy in the Middle…Iraqi Kurdistan forces take Bashiqa on road to Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday, AFP reports in Arabic, Iraqi forces continued their advance on Mosul despite the car bombs and sniping tactics of Daesh (ISIS,…101st Illegal Land Grab: Israel Squatters Seize Palestinian-owned lands in Jordan Valley
IMEMC News | - - Late last week, Israeli settlers reportedly took over a Palestinian-owned area of land in al-Humma region of the northern Jordan Valley, and laid down an infrastructure, according…Norman Finkelstein on 58 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Tommaso Segantini interviews Norman Finkelstein | (TeleSur) | - - Renowned scholar and political activist Norman Finkelstein speaks with teleSUR English about a range of issues around Israel's occupation of Palestine. The…Will Kurdish Soldiers Withdraw From Parts Of Mosul Their Leaders Covet?
By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | - - Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan have agreed where Kurdish military should fight. But, as commanders worry, there’s been no agreement as to how…China’s Wind Co. Profits, share price soar by 60%: 2 Turbines an Hour being Installed
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South China Post reports some incredible figures about the profitability China's wind energy companies. A new study by the Bank of China…ISIL feint toward Kirkuk defeated, but Kills hundreds in Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Aside from the slow, steady advances being made by the Iraqi army and its allies against Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in Mosul, the two…Failing Libya
By Alison Pargeter | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - If peace and national unity in Libya seem remote five years after the fall of the Qadhafi regime, western powers and the international…Will Turkey, Iran & Iraq make the Mosul Campaign a Land Grab?
By James Miller | ( RFE/RL ) | - - We may be witnessing the end of the extremist group, the [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS), as we know it. Over the…The Mosul Campaign and the 3rd Presidential Debate
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Some of the more extended comments on the Mosul campaign were those of Hillary Clinton. Here is Wallace's question: WALLACE: . . .…Selling arms to Arab rulers won’t improve security in the Middle East
By Stephanie Dornschneider | (Informed Comment) | - - As a child, Najeh Ibrahim, who founded one of the most violent groups in recent Egyptian history, loved his president. “We all loved…ISIL Boasts: America will go down to defeat in the Streets of Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - AFP is reporting that a news agency linked to Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), "A`maq," is carrying a video of a Daesh fighter who swears…Israeli Jim Crow: US-led ‘Peace Process’ Completely Collapses
By Sandy Tolan | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Washington has finally thrown in the towel on its long, tortured efforts to establish peace between Israel and the Palestinians. You won’t find any…Even if Mosul is liberated, it won’t be the end of Islamic State
Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | - - After weeks of speculation about an attempt to retake the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi…7 Things to Know about Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi government has announced that the campaign to take the large northern city of Mosul back from Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has begun…As Winter Comes: 75,000 Palestinians in Gaza still Homeless from Israeli Airstrikes
By Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA (Ma’an) -- The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov Thursday expressed concerns over the situation in Gaza, and urged…ISIL’s loss of Dabiq: It was never about Armageddon, but Weak States
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Albawaba has an interview with political scientist Khalid Rif`at of the Tayyiba Center for Political Studies, saying that the forced withdrawal of Daesh…US Should Stop Making Excuses for Saudi Violations in Yemen
By Priyanka Motaparthy | ( Human Rights Watch) | - - Despite rising outrage over the bloody civilian toll in Yemen’s war, the United States administration is showing no signs of breaking…Sunni Clans in Iraq threaten Reprisals against ISIL Collaborators
Kamal al-Ayash | Anbar | (Niqash.org) | - - In Ramadi, tribes are marking houses belonging to suspected Islamic State [group] collaborators with special graffiti. Often the houses are demolished two or…PA welcomes UNESCO resolution criticizing Israeli policies toward Aqsa
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Following a controversial UNESCO vote that saw the adoption of a draft resolution that sharply criticized Israeli policies around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while…