The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Puerto Rico's governor, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, sent…
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The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for Iraq's Shiite militias to come under control of the central government. One of the problems facing…Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism (Video)
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. So why is this sort of imagery…Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor | - - Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the…Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls
Human Rights Watch | - - Amendments Would Have Instated Discriminatory Laws on Family Matters (Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament has rejected proposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law (PSL) that would allow…Putin’s talk of Draw Down in Syria isn’t about Russia leaving, but staying
By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | - - Standing on the Russian military airbase at Khmeimim on his December visit to Syria, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will withdraw the bulk…Having had Green Electricity for 300 days, Costa Rica Moves to EVs
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Costa Rica, which has among the cleanest electrical grids in the world, has just passed a law promoting electric vehicles. The transportation sector…Trump did This: Israeli Troops injure 150 Palestinian protesters in Palestine
Ma`an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Friday in continued protest of US President Donald Trump's announcement last week recognizing Jerusalem --…Trump did this: Israeli Troops injure Palestinians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Redirect: This article is found here {click)Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’
By Joey Ayoub | ( GlobalVoices.org) | - - US President Donald Trump's declaration that the country would move its embassy in Israel to the city of Jerusalem was met with shock…Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military
TeleSur | - - An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized persecution. At least 730 Rohingya children under…Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Organization of the Islamic Conference, a regular meeting of the foreign ministers of 57 Muslim-majority countries, held an extraordinary session in Istanbul…Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade
Middle East Monitor | - - Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into a larger, deadly outbreak because so few…Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom
By Pierce Gootee | (TeleSur) | - - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, in recent months, tightened their blockade on the war-ravaged country of Yemen. The justification for this tightening was…“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal
By Frank Rijsberman | (Inter Press Service) | - - SEOUL, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) - Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in 58 emerging economies last year. This year,…What’s the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist? A Cowboy Hat
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Both Christianity and Islam as religions comprise large numbers of people and contain a spectrum of believers from the secular to the moderate…The Unlikely Industry Empowering Women in Afghanistan
By Ruchi Kumar | (Yes! Magazine) | = = In this deeply conservative society, these women are busting stereotypes every day. The typical depiction of an Afghan woman looks like this: Timid…Saudi Prince who Bought da Vinci Painting could have given Sight to 9 Million Instead
By Peter Singer | (Project Syndicate) | - - A Saudi prince has been revealed to be the buyer of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," for which he spent $450.3 million. Had…Leaving US in Dust, China starts $150 Million Floating Solar Plant Project
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Three Gorges Group project commenced in July of this year and is expected to be completed and fully streamlined by May 2018.…Exodus of Climate Scientists to France only the Beginning if GOP Guts Grad Education
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - French President Emmanuel Macron has a program he calls MAPA - "Making the Planet Great Again." His government is offering funding to climate…Christian Palestinians Reject meeting with Mike Pence
IMEMC News | - - Christian Palestinians, along with Muslims, held a protest in front of the historic Church of the Nativity, after Sunday prayers, to express their rejection of US president…