Lebanon Hizbullah leader: Saudis dictated Hariri resignation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Secretary-General of Hizbullah, the Lebanese party-militia,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Secretary-General of Hizbullah, the Lebanese party-militia,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - King Salman of Saudi Arabia created a…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Somehow Secretary of Energy Rick Perry managed…
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Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen
Middle East Monitor | - - The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports to the Arabian…Saudi Arabia: Is the Prince fighting on too many Fronts?
Carool Kersten | (OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on several fronts. If Machiavelli were alive today, he…Lebanon Hizbullah leader: Saudis dictated Hariri resignation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Secretary-General of Hizbullah, the Lebanese party-militia, Hassan Nasrullah, gave a major speech Sunday in the wake of the resignation of prime minister…Trump: Why didn’t ‘Samurai Japan’ shoot down N. Korea Missiles?
TeleSur | - - The revelation comes after Trump warned that Asia should fear a robust military stance by Japan, "a warrior nation." A perplexed President Donald Trump once noted that he…Kurds didn’t Get Independence, US Support or even Democracy
By Reese Erlich | ( 48hills.org | - - I stood at a border crossing as thousands of Yazidis and other refugees fled ISIS attacks on Mosul and nearby cities. Tens of…Will Congress ever be brave enough to End War Authorization?
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - On September 1, 1970, soon after President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by invading neighboring Cambodia, Democratic Senator George McGovern, a decorated World War…Saudi Saturday Night Massacre: Billionaire Bin Talal, dozens of others Arrested
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - King Salman of Saudi Arabia created a high-powered "anti-corruption" commission on Saturday, appointing his son, the crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman, to head…Lebanon PM Hariri Resigns in fear for Life, Slamming Iran
Middle East Monitor | - - Lebanon’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, citing an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in…Does Religion Cause Violence?
By Maxwell Kennel | (The Conversation) | - - It’s a common question that arises when discussing religion, politics and world crises, particularly apparent terrorist attacks of the type that played out…Voices of Yemen’s ‘Forgotten War’ Speak Out, Despite Legal Barriers
Global Advocacy Netizen Report | (GlobalVoices.org) Yemeni blogger Afrah Nasser was awarded this year’s International Free Press Award for her work covering the conflict in Yemen despite the many obstacles faced by…Escaping Death: Meet The Rohingya Muslim Refugees Fleeing Myanmar (Video)
AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | - - "Late at night, Dudu Mia and his family wash up on the shores of Bangladesh. Their village in neighboring Myanmar was attacked by the…Rick Perry has it Backwards: Oil causes Mass Rape
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Somehow Secretary of Energy Rick Perry managed to find Africa, and while he was there, he learned that a lot of people don't…With 75% fall in flying Insects, Call for pesticide ban
By Samuel White | EurActiv.com | - - Scientists have raised the alarm after a study 27 years in the making found the biomass of flying insects in nature protected areas has…Syrian Army Liberates City of Deir Ezzor from ISIL
TeleSur | - - This marks a decisive defeat for the terrorist group which has seen its territory shrink at an exponential rate during 2017. The Syrian Army has declared a total…Abbas: British gov’t should recognize Palestine on Balfour centenary
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas released a statement on Thursday, the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, calling on the British government…Iran’s Khamenei to Putin: Isolate US by dumping the Dollar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin visited Tehran on Wednesday for consultations with President Hassan Rouhani and the country's clerical leader,…Iraq after ISIL: Stuck between US and Iran
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - The US are occupiers, say some of Iraq’s militias. The militias need to disband, say US diplomats. Stuck in the middle is the…A century on, Balfour Declaration still colonizes Palestinians’ everyday lives
By Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | - - With a simple 67-word letter sent on November 2, 1917, the British foreign secretary, Lord Arthur Balfour, irrevocably changed the political and geographic…A Visit to Heaven and Hell: Galeano
By Eduardo Galeano | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - [The following passages are excerpted from Hunter of Stories, the last book by Eduardo Galeano, who died in 2015. Thanks for its use…Dear Sean Hannity: Allahu Akbar is in the Catholic Catechism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Sean Hannity manages to combine being sneaky with being a bully. You think of a bully as maybe too straightforward, someone who hulks…