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Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian petroleum sales to its top four…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin has abruptly become…
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Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had difficult and inconclusive discussions with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan…ISIL Threatens To Conquer Iran, issuing Rare Video In Persian
Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - The militant group Islamic State (IS) has vowed in a rare video message in Persian that includes the apparent beheading of four captured soldiers…Iran is Back: With Int’l Sanctions lifted and Putin Friendly, Tehran is on a Roll
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian petroleum sales to its top four Asian customers rose nearly 60% year on year in March, and total exports have reached nearly…Israel knicks 25 Acres Of Palestinian Lands In Salfit for Colonial Purposes
IMEMC | - - The Israeli government is planning to illegally confiscate 25 acres of Palestinian lands, in Salfit district, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, to build a…Mosul: ISIL Deploys Ideological Booby Trap As It Retreats
David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | - - The coalition battling to take the Iraqi city of Mosul from the extremist [so-called] "Islamic State" group (IS) is closing in. Earlier this…Iraqis Weigh in on Airstrike That Killed Hundreds In Mosul
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - There is plenty of speculation about how hundreds of non-combatants were killed in Mosul, all apparently by accident. US and Iraqi forces have…Palestinians condemn Israel’s new illegal squatting in West Bank
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Palestinian leaders on Thursday and Friday strongly condemned an Israeli security cabinet vote on Thursday night that unanimously approved the establishment of a…Was Michael Flynn Russia’s “primary channel of communication with the Trump team”?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Former National Security Adviser to president Trump, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael Flynn, has allegedly offered to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on…Putin and the Ayatollahs: How Russia’s Alliance with Iran is reshaping the Middle East
By Clément Therme | (The Conversation) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, will meet for the eighth time in four years from March 27 to…In Shadow of Mideast Wars, Massive Spike in Hunger and Malnutrition
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining…Why are young Jewish Activists Protesting the Major Israel Lobby?
AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | - - "Here's why these Jewish activists are protesting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in DC. " AJ+: "Jewish Activists Are Protesting AIPAC"The Untold Violence of the Pax Americana
John W. Dower | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This essay is adapted from “Measuring Violence,” the first chapter of John Dower’s new book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since…Why would Trump Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency. So, let me see if…Mosul: “Some” US Responsibility for Civilian deaths; but Iraqi PM lashes out at Critics
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As US commanders begin confessing that it is likely that the US military bears responsibility for last Thursday's errant airstrike that killed as…The Arab Spring and the Western Winter
Ishac Diwan | (Project Syndicate) | - - BEIRUT – There are many striking parallels between the “Arab Spring” that began in 2010 and the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, the election of…Poll: Majority of Jewish Israelis oppose ending 50-year military occupation
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A new poll was released by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Tuesday, revealing that the majority of Israelis oppose any Israeli…As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis
TeleSur | - - According to Yemen’s Legal Center of Rights and Development, the conflict has thus far killed over 12,040 Yemenis and left more than 20,000 others wounded. The leader of…Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”
By Dina Matar | Al-Shabaka | via Ma'an News Agency | - - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed in a video posted on his Facebook page that the Palestinian demand…Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide
Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | - - "Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL with the help of one brave survivor."…True, Trump hasn’t Criticized Putin for Navalny Arrest; but Navalny is more like Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The meme du jour about the protests in Russia on Sunday is that Donald Trump did not criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin for…