Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The images from Houston and its environs…
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Shiite popular mobilization units (Iran-backed militias) have…
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Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the ear of visiting UN secretary general Antonio Guterres with complaints about Iran and Hizbullah on the…Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, urged President Trump on Friday to quickly…Barcelona: Nearly 500K march for Peace, against Islamophobia
TeleSur | - - Marchers, on Saturday, displayed signs and banners with various slogans. Some read, “No to Islamophobia,” “The best response: Peace,” and “I’m not afraid.” Almost half a million people…Iraq: Trump slams Iran, but Iran-backed Militias are key to taking Talafar from ISIL
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Shiite popular mobilization units (Iran-backed militias) have played a key role in taking of the northern city of Talafar from ISIL. The ninth…Mosul Youth rescue Books and Music in wake of ISIL Defeat
Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | - - Two projects in Mouls show a different side to the devastated northern Iraqi city, as younger people there celebrate the end of the…Kushner tells Abbas Israeli Squatter Expansion can’t be stopped b/c Netanyahu Gov’t would Fall
IMEMC News | - - The U.S. delegation led by Kushner expressed openness to the two-state solution while refusing to commit to the 1967 borders, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to…Muslims well-integrated in Western Europe, but still face rejection
By Zoran Radosavljevic | EURACTIV.com | - - Muslims have come a long way towards integration into Western Europe, particularly in terms of language, education and work, but remain on the margins…Mission Accomplished: Iraq drops chapter on evolution from school textbooks
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | - - Iraq's education ministry has quietly dropped a chapter about evolution from its biology textbooks. The ministry has so far given no explanation…Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Qatar’s adoption of a new law on domestic workers provides labor rights for domestic workers for the first time, Human Rights Watch said today.…Hezbollah and Syrian Army Liberate Large ISIL Enclave: Nasrallah
By TeleSur | - - Following the joint offensive, the Islamic State group only controls 40 square kilometers on the Syrian side, and 20 on the Lebanese side. A joint offensive between…Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war
By Simon Reich | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s speech on his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan – in which he announced the introduction of an unspecified number of new combat…Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This piece has been adapted and expanded from the introduction to Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, In the Shadows of the American Century:…Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | ( Niqash.org ) | - - Countries like Saudi Arabia are showing new willingness to open diplomatic channels with Iraq. Motivations include a military they now respect,…Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In an interview with Handelsblatt , German Chancellor Angela Merkel took on Donald Trump's philosophy directly. She said that Trump's isolationism cannot make…A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”
By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | - - COULD A CONTEMPORARY STORY of love and vengeance set in Turkey have its roots in ancient myths of patricide and…Is Trump planning permanent occupation of Afghanistan?
By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills | - - What will 4,000 more US troops do that 100,000 troops couldn't do before? On my first reporting trip to Afghanistan, I was surprised…India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning ‘Instant Divorce’
TeleSur | - - Women’s rights activists view the ruling as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. India’s Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a Muslim practice that reportedly…Can we dodge a N. Korean War? Trump and the Geopolitics of Crazy
By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com ----- Related video added by Juan Cole: North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Retaliation' Over U.S.-South Korean Drills, Threatens Guam | TIMETrump’s Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption
By Solaiman Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Despite the campaign promise to distance himself from Afghanistan, President Trump has now publically taken ownership of America’s Longest War, 2001-Present. Trump’s decision…International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath
Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | - - A concerted effort by the international community to resolve Yemen’s war would see considerable benefits at a small cost, yet profits, alliances, and egos…