Yemen withdraws blanket approval for US action after Trump’s botched Raid
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The the Arab press, reports that that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The the Arab press, reports that that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump on Monday continued to troll the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By beginning with Irving Berlin's "God Bless…
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Yemen withdraws blanket approval for US action after Trump’s botched Raid
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The the Arab press, reports that that government has withdrawn blanket permission from the Trump administration to conduct raids and drone strikes on…Could Trump stumble into a Mideast War? It has happened before to Headstrong Presidents
By Guy Laron | (Informed Comment) | - - An American President enters office after his progressive predecessor courted a major Middle Eastern country. The new president is not satisfied with what…Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians
Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | - - "Israel's parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately owned Palestinian land." Al Jazeera English: "Israel…Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government
Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | - - WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll…Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here
TeleSur | - - "An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United…Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?
By Allison Beth Hodgkins | (Informed Comment) | - - You have to hand to the civil society groups pushing back on the Trump administration’s recent executive orders banning the entry of…Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever
By Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - What kind of national security policy will the Trump administration pursue globally? On this issue, as on so many others, the incoming…When Germany thinks someone is Killing Democracy . . .
TeleSur | - - The illustrator is a Cuban immigrant who put his views on Trump into a piece of art that is now on the cover of one of the world's…Militia Feuding, Insecurity in East Mosul hold up Advance on ISIL
Mustafa Habib | ( Niqash.org ) | - - The biggest problem in eastern Mosul, post-extremists, is security. The Iraqi army needs to move on, to fight in western Mosul, but they…Tel Aviv: Huge Jewish-, Palestinian-Israeli Rally against racist state, home demolitions
Ma'an News Agency | - - TEL AVIV (Ma'an) -- Thousands rallied in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in protest of home demolitions targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel,…In Shocker, Federal Judge in Seattle Halts Trump Muslim Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When Trump issued his executive order halting immigration from seven countries, suspending the refugee program, and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely, I wrote that…Mixed Signals: Now, White House Says Israeli Settlement Building May Not Help Peace
TeleSur | - - The tone was more measured than previous pro-Israel announcements, but did not go so far as to condemn settlement activity. The Trump administration said on Thursday that Israel's…Taking Iraq’s Oil
By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog. Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing. The leaders of the United States have provided many…Gambia’s ‘Trump’ and the dilemma of the Int’l Criminal Court
By Ebrahim Shabbir Deen | (Informed Comment) | - - The stepping down, under duress, of long-term Gambian president Yahya Jammeh clearly illustrates the impact of credible collective security. However, for this…Trumpworld Fake News: Iran attacks US Navy, Iraqis Massacre Bowling Green
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I was watching Chris Matthews' Hardball on MSNBC Thursday evening and Matthews had Kellyanne Conway on to defend Trump's disastrous first two…In West Mosul, ISIL Extremists pledge ‘Divine Intervention’ will Defeat Iraqi, US Forces
Special Correspondent | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - In eastern Mosul, Iraqi pro-government forces are organizing themselves to begin to fight against the so-called Islamic State [group] [IS]. In western Mosul,…Trump Counter-Terrorism Program to drop White Supremacists, focus on Islam
TeleSur | - - He could rename the "Countering Violent Extremism" program to "Countering Islamic Extremism," according to Reuters sources. The Trump administration wants to revamp a U.S. government program designed to…Here we go Again: Trump Admin Threatens Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - National Security Advisor Mike Flynn came out on Wednesday to make a brief statement putting Iran "on notice." Flynn complained about Iran's ballistic…Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’
TeleSur | - - It was not clear from the excerpt who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres" — drug cartels, immigrants, or both. President Donald Trump threatened his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña…Israel greenlights 3,000 new settler homes hours after ‘Legalization bill’ approved
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Israeli government gave its approval for the construction of more than 3,000 new illegal settlement homes across the occupied West Bank, just…