Are Kurds, Shiite Militias and the Baath Gov’t allying against Turkey’s Afrin Op?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Fundamentalist Salafi militias, some linked to al-Qaeda,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Fundamentalist Salafi militias, some linked to al-Qaeda,…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the most distressing take-aways of…
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Are Kurds, Shiite Militias and the Baath Gov’t allying against Turkey’s Afrin Op?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Fundamentalist Salafi militias, some linked to al-Qaeda, and backed by Turkey, have allegedly taken three new villages in the Afrin canton away from…New South African Gov’t to Cut ties with Israel over Apartheid toward Palestinians
Middle East Monitor | - - South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed by the Israeli government The South African…In Irony, Ahmedinezhad calls for Free Elections in Iran
Middle East Monitor |- - Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose 2009 re-election prompted mass unrest over alleged vote rigging, has called for “free” presidential and parliamentary elections in an open letter…The Age of Total War in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the most distressing take-aways of the Syria War since 2011 is that the United Nations does not work and all the…Saudi dreams of an anti-Iran Axis with Israel Evaporating: Khashoggi
Middle East Monitor | - - The well-known Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has started a relationship with Israel and tried to pressure the Palestinians to accept…Israel: Netanyahu’s Top Allies Arrested in Ongoing Corruption Probe
TeleSur | - - A former Netanyahu spokesman and the former director of the communications ministry are among the persons arrested. Two close associates of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have been…Turks Threaten al-Assad if he sends Army to Defend Syrian Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rumors swirled on Monday that the Democratic Union Party in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria had made an agreement for…Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For
By Ingrid LaFleur | ( Yes! Magazine) | - - Before the film was released, the nation of Wakanda was taking shape in our minds. Ingrid LaFleur posted Feb 07, 2018 “When…Church Shooting ‘Nothing To Do With Islam,’ Say Russian Muslim Leaders
RFE/RL | - - The mainstream Muslim leadership in Russia's Daghestan region has condemned an attack that killed five people outside a Russian Orthodox church, saying that the suspect had "nothing to…Is the Syria War over and has Putin won it?
By Danny Makki | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The end game is clear: Assad, Russia and Iran will emerge victorious. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (2nd L, Front) and his Russian counterpart…Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria
By Jeffrey D. Sachs | ( Project Syndicate) | - - America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.…Israel isn’t Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It
Ramona Wadi (@walzerscent) | (The Middle East Monitor) | - - Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders are. In fact, it has refused to…Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman
TeleSur | - - Silverman, who is of Jewish heritage, became the latest high-profile U.S. celebrity to lend her support to the imprisoned Palestinian girl. U.S. Comedian Sarah Silverman . . .has…Saudi Arabia’s Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen’s Civilians
By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | - - “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.” (Titus 1:11) Saudi…Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The bizarre denialism of some on the left and right about Russiagate doesn't bode well for the future of American…Israel: Protesters call for ‘crime minister’ Netanyahu to step down
Middle East Monitor | - - Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv today to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after police recommended he be charged with bribery in two corruption…Israel to Deny Benefits for Pro-Boycott Citizens, Local Groups
TeleSur | - - The government will create a blacklist for local individuals and groups known to support the pro-Palestinian boycott movement against Israel. Israel is ramping up its crackdown on the…Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is a country of 27 million). Worse, schools…Why do Iraq’s Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | Iraq’s Sunni Muslims are anxiously watching the debate over the presence of US troops in Iraq. Civilians believe they are an important neutralising presence…The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel a Partisan US Issue, and Lost
By Ramzy Baroud | (TeleSur) | - - Netanyahu's strategy in courting U.S. conservatives has proved a success. However, the price of that success is that the relationship between Israel and the…