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Trump’s disastrous Year in the Middle East: Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump on the campaign trail said many…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump on the campaign trail said many…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The Qur'an, the scripture Muslims believe was brought from…
Foreign Policy
Why the Israeli Right is wrong to put Hopes in Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
Shlomo Ben-Ami | (Project Syndicate) | - - Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital may have been bombastic, but it will not change much. It does not preclude the…Riyadh releases more royals in corruption probe, Demands $6 bn from Alwaleed
Middle East Monitor | - - Saudi Arabia’s authorities have released a number of detained royals allegedly involved in corruption in public office. The move came after a settlement was agreed with…Dogs! Israeli Minister Harasses Palestinian mothers visiting Jailed Sons
Ma'an News Agency | - - "The group has estimated that some 40 percent of Palestinian men will be detained by Israel at some point in their lives." BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- An…What does the Muslim Scripture say about the Birth of Jesus?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The Qur'an, the scripture Muslims believe was brought from God by the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632), has a number of passages that mention Mary and…At Christmas, Palestinian Christians slam US call on Jerusalem as Israeli
Middle East Monitor | - - Palestinian Christian religious leaders have decried US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an “insult” to Muslims and Christians around the world. “We, Palestinians, Christians…2017: How Erdoğan pushed Turkey toward Authoritarianism
By Mustafa Coban | (The Conversation) | - - After winning an April referendum to greatly enhance the powers of his office, Turkey’s president, Recip Tayyip Erdoğan, spent 2017 pursuing his ultimate…2,017 years later, Trump manages to cancel Christmas in Bethlehem (Video)
AFP | (Video news Clip) | - - US Vice President Mike Pence may have postponed his visit, but Palestinian Christians still say Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is spoiling…How Trump could avoid another $7 trillion bill in Mideast: Back off war with Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump, having backed the losing (and objectionable) candidate in Alabama's senate race, suddenly wants to cooperate with Democrats on infrastructure spending. At…Ahed Tamimi: Girl who symbolizes new defiant Palestinian generation
By Hossam Shaker | (Middle East Monitor) | - - A girl has defied the occupation with unrivalled courage. Over the past years, the media has broadcasted videos of her daringly confronting…Palestine’s Abbas washes hands of US, as ‘Dishonest Mediator’
TeleSur | - - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the U.S. government "dishonest" and said he will "no longer accept any (peace) plan" from them. One day after the United Nations voted…Nations of World at UN Humiliate Trump w/ Massive vote for Palestinians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Arab and Muslim worlds exulted Thursday over their massive victory at the United Nations General Assembly, which passed a resolution condemning the…Trump’s Pentagon Admits to ‘Multiple Ground Missions’ in Yemen
TeleSur | - - The U.S. Defense Department claimed the ISIS presence has doubled in Yemen. For the first time, U.S. Pentagon has admitted to carrying out "multiple ground missions" in Yemen.…The Most Dangerous Man in the World
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Let’s start with the universe and work our way in. Who cares? Not them because as far as we know they aren’t…Top 5 Reasons why Trump’s Threats to UNGA over Jerusalem are Empty
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The thuggish Trump and his gun moll Nikki Haley have threatened member countries of the UN General Assembly with a cut-off of US…1,000 Days of War Bringing ‘Apocalypse’ on Yemen: Oxfam
TeleSur | - - The U.K.-based group said more than 5,000 people have died since the beginning of the war in March 2015. Yemen is on the brink of total collapse and…Will Palestine Request Full UN Membership in January 2018?
TeleSur | - - Egypt introduced a draft resolution to the Security Council to reject a decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The adviser to Palestinian President for Foreign…Saudi strikes have killed 136 civilians in Yemen, as Huthis Rocket Riyadh
Middle East Monitor | - - Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen have killed at least 136 civilians since 6 December, Reuters reported. The UN verified that 87 civilians across…How Hawks and ambitious Generals pioneered our generational Warfare
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I remember the day President Obama let me down. It was December 1, 2009, and as soon as the young president took the…Yemen: Will Saudis try to Impose Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of Dictator?
Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | - - When Yemen held parliamentary elections in 1997 Ahmed Ali Saleh, then aged 24, was a first-time candidate. Though new to politics, he won by…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…