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Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US is usually number 1 in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beirut newspaper Al-Nahar [The Day] reports…
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Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday morning with his family in Paris, after a two-week stay in Saudi Arabia, where he is…US-Led Bombings in Iraq Killed 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported: NYT
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer| ( Commondreams.org ) | - - New York Times reporters uncovered "consistent failure by the coalition to investigate claims properly or to keep records that make it…Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?
By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians alike say, the Iraqi government must work…World, horrified at Trump, sends US Ranking Plummeting
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US is usually number 1 in the German research firm Gfk's rankings, headed up by political consultant Simon Anholt. They ask some…Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia
Middle East Monitor | - - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family are expected to visit Paris within 48 hours after he accepted an invitation from French President Emmanuel…Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beirut newspaper Al-Nahar [The Day] reports that President Michel Aoun of Lebanon said Wednesday, "Nothing justifies Prime minister Saad Hariri's failure to…From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks ready to start a renewed assault on…Saudis Bomb Yemen’s International Airport, Amid Devastating Blockade
TeleSur | - - A Houthi statement said that the attack “is an explicit violation of international covenants and treaties, which stipulate that civilian airports are not targeted.” The U.S. and U.K.-backed…After Trump lets hundreds of ISIL Leave Raqqa, Turkey Enraged
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Tuesday, Turkey lambasted the US and its largely Kurdish allies in Syria, the YPG, for having made a deal that allowed 250…The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims
Paul Fuller | (The Conversation) | - - There is a desperate humanitarian crisis underway in Myanmar, centring around the Rohingya Muslims. There is what has been described as a “textbook case…Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This piece has been updated and adapted from William D. Hartung’s “Nuclear Politics” in Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation,…Lebanon’s Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose
By Billie Jeanne Brownlee and Maziyar Ghiabi | (The Conversation) | - - The Twitter account of Lebanon’s prime minister, Sa'ad Hariri has been inactive since November 6, just after he announced…Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey
TeleSur | - - According to reports by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reviewing a meeting between Michael Flynn and Turkish officials. Reports have surfaced that…Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Two former intelligence officials on Sunday more or less said openly that Trump is compromised by Russia. Jake Tapper asked former CIA head…Trump’s Bluster meets the Afghanistan Reality amid Troop Escalation
By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - After nine months of confusion, chaos, and cascading tweets, Donald Trump’s White House has finally made one thing crystal clear: the U.S.…Prince Charles baffled no US President will take on Israel Lobbies
Middle East Monitor | - - Prince Charles has come under fire after it came to light that he blamed the “influx of foreign Jews” for causing unrest in the Middle East…Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon
By Beverly Milton-Edwards | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Domestic politics in the Middle East especially in a country like Saudi Arabia never stays that way for long. Recent events in…Climate change victims need official refugee status: Oxfam
By Marion Candau | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Paola Tamma | - - With the COP23 climate conference ongoing in Bonn, Oxfam published a troubling report on people displaced by climate change.…Nasrullah: Saudi has declared war on Lebanon
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Hassan Nasrullah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah accused Saudi Arabia of declaring war on Lebanon and on his party.…Brazil: Huge Solar Plant to help get to 45% Renewables by 2030
AFP News Agency | (Video News Clip) | - - "Brazil has lagged far behind in the shift to solar power, but the biggest facility on the continent now being built in…