ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The "Voice of Iraq" reports that last…
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ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony "caliphate" in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic…“Tell me how this Ends”- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn’t
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - It took 14 years, but now we have an answer. It was March 2003, the invasion of Iraq was underway, and Major General…3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood
By Nancy Gallagher | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to tell Congress that the 2015 nuclear deal the Obama administration reached with Iran and five other…No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down…France’s Macron slams Trump ‘Bad Policy’ by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade
TeleSur Macron’s visit to Iran would be the first by a French head of state or government since 1976. Widening transatlantic divisions are coming into focus as traditional U.S. allies are recoiling…Morocco’s Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment
The World Bank | (Video News Report) | - - "Concentrating Solar Power, CSP, is huge in Morocco. Literally, it’s huge. Panels almost the size of tennis courts stretch across acres of…Eyewitness: the Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash
By Ellen Wiles< | (The Conversation) | - - It was a bright autumn morning, and I had just dropped off my two children at nursery and was scrolling through Twitter, when…In Absence of US Leadership, War Breaks out between Kurds and Baghdad
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The "Voice of Iraq" reports that last night artillery duels broke out between Iraqi army forces and Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary personnel to the…Nearly 300 dead in Somalia Terrorist Attack (largely ignored by US TV News)
TeleSur | - - "In our 10-year experience as first responders in Mogadishu, we haven't seen anything like this," the Aamin Ambulance service posted on Twitter. Somali officials say the death toll…How Trump’s Foreign Policy Mood Swings made US a Rogue State
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - From his feud with Bob Corker to his plans to renege on the Iran deal, Trump's mood swings mean a dangerous…Singer Marc Anthony to Trump: You will be held Accountable for needless American Deaths in Puerto Rico
TeleSur | - - Singer-songwriter, Marc Anthony took to Twitter to decry the U.S. administration's "tone-deaf, idiotic, callous and disrespectful approach" to Puerto Rico. Marc Anthony took to social media to decry…Under Trump, Gitmo continues to Gnaw away at tattered US Rule of Law
By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Eight years ago, when I wrote a book on the first days of Guantanamo, The Least Worst Place: Guantánamo’s First 100 Days,…France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030
By Samuel White | EurActiv.com | - - The cost of solar power is falling quickly. France plans to more than double its solar power capacity in the next ten years and…Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital
TeleSur | - - The Syrian Arab Army has reportedly taken over the [so-called] Islamic State group's de facto capital of Al-Mayadeen. The Syrian Arab Army, SAA, has achieved full control over…Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)
Riza-yi `Abbasi (d. 1635) | ( Metropolitan Museum) | - - The Lovers Artist: Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635) Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630 Geography: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan…More civilian Airstrike Deaths under Trump than in 8 years of Obama
By Steven Feldstein | (The Conversation) | - - When President Donald Trump took office in January, it was unclear whether the bombast from his campaign would translate into an aggressive new…Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border
TeleSur | - - According to Kurdish TV station, Rudaw, an additional 6,000 Peshmerga forces have been mobilized in Kirkuk to defend from a possible Iraqi threat. Kurdish TV channel Rudaw has…Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Foreign Minister warns that Europe will take the Russian and Chinese side on the Iran issue against the USA. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel…Could Kurdish Secession bid derail Iraq’s Democracy?
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - In Baghdad, the Kurdish referendum has dominated all other official proceedings. Lack of progress on electoral laws means federal elections could be postponed…