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Archives: Arab World
![Freeing Fayza: A Journey to War-Torn Iraq to Rescue a Yazidi ISIL Slave Girl](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/freeing-fayza-a-journey-to-war-t-187x137.jpg)
![Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/demand-side-slavery-libyan-insta-187x137.jpg)
Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a disturbing correlation between human trafficking and conflict…![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-saudi-blackmailed-the-un-to-187x137.jpg)
How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When Saudi Arabia – which has been spearheading a coalition of Arab states in a devastating war against…![If US Wars aren’t on TV, are all those 1000s really Dying?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/if-us-wars-arent-on-tv-are-all-t-187x137.jpg)
If US Wars aren’t on TV, are all those 1000s really Dying?
Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The headlines arrive in my inbox day after day: “U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria killed hundreds of civilians, U.N. panel says.” “Pentagon wants to declare…![Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/can-iran-turkey-and-egypt-cooper-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?
Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | - - TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells…![Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-escalations-of-war-in-syr-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely mopping up remaining rebel groups. With its…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning to use poison gas again. Trump's Neoconservative…![Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/turkeys-erdogan-saudi-demand-he-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’
TeleSur | - - Erdogan told journalists after Eid al-Fitr prayers that "It (the list of demands from Qatar's neighbors to lift the ban) is a breach of Qatar's sovereignty rights." On…![Civilians Fleeing as Battle for Mosul enters last days](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/civilians-fleeing-as-battle-for-187x137.jpg)
Civilians Fleeing as Battle for Mosul enters last days
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi army has created pathways for civilians trapped in Mosul to escape and at least 100 have managed to flee to safety.…![Tense Eid 1.2 mn Syrian Refugees in Lebanon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/tense-eid-1-2-mn-syrian-refugees-187x137.jpg)
Tense Eid for 1.2 mn Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
By Billie Jeanne Brownlee | (The Conversation) | - - For Syrian refugees in Lebanon marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it has been a struggle to find enough food to…![Can the Sadr Movement in Iraq overcome Sectarianism with new Shiite-Sunni-Kurdish Party?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/can-the-sadr-movement-in-iraq-ov-187x137.jpg)
Can the Sadr Movement in Iraq overcome Sectarianism with new Shiite-Sunni-Kurdish Party?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | ( Niqash.org) | - - One of Iraq’s most powerful political groupings, the Sadrist movement, is trying to form a new alliance that may unite secular,…![Was ISIL’s destruction of Mosul’s Grand Mosque Grand Strategy?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/was-isils-destruction-of-mosuls-187x137.jpg)
Was ISIL’s destruction of Mosul’s Nuri Mosque Grand Strategy?
By Benjamin Isakhan and Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona | (The Conversation) | - - On June 29 2014 – nearly three years ago to the day – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took the…![In Apocalyptic Vandalism, ISIL blows up 800-year-old Nuri Mosque in Mosul](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/in-apocalyptic-vandalism-isil-bl-187x137.jpg)
In Apocalyptic Vandalism, ISIL blows up 800-year-old Nuri Mosque in Mosul
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Hayat (Life) reports that on Wednesday evening around 9:30 pm local time, Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) blew up the Nuri Mosque in Mosul. The…![Will New Crown Prince in Riyadh Usher in Open Saudi-Israeli Alliance?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/will-new-crown-prince-in-riyadh-187x137.jpg)
Will New Crown Prince in Riyadh Usher in Open Saudi-Israeli Alliance?
TeleSur | - - The young Saudi king-in-waiting has been hailed as a "modernizer" for his open support of normalizing ties with the Israeli occupation, first and foremost. The Gulf Arab “game…![The Millennial’s Palace Coup in Saudi Arabia](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-millennials-palace-coup-in-s-187x137.jpg)
The Millennial’s Palace Coup in Saudi Arabia: How Dangerous?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The epic battle in the Trump White House between Jared Kushner, the Orthodox Jewish son-in-law, and Steve Bannon, the alt-NeoNazi White House strategist,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/prophets-130x137.gif)
Trump’s Love Affair With the Saudis
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - At this point, it’s no great surprise when Donald Trump walks away from past statements in service to some impulse of the…![1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/12-of-worlds-civilian-war-deaths-187x137.jpg)
1/2 of World’s Civilian War Deaths were in Syria, Iraq & Yemen during past Half-Decade
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME/GENEVA (IPS) - Between 2010 and 2015, nearly half of all civilian war deaths worldwide occurred in Syria, Iraq and Yemen,…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Habitual Labor abuser Saudi Arabia elected to UN body Promoting Workers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035206im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/habitual-labor-abuser-saudi-arab-187x137.jpg)