Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - All you need to know about Mike…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - All you need to know about Mike…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Well, I say Trump is losing, but…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The late Saudi Maj. Gen. Ali al-Qahtani…
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Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually from California, is that most of his…Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion
Middle East Monitor | - - Turkey and the US will oversee the withdrawal of forces allied to the YPG (People’s Protection Units) from the northern Syrian city of Manbij, Turkish Foreign…How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Well, I say Trump is losing, but it isn't clear that Trump has a policy in Syria or cares whether he wins. The…1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox
Middle East Monitor | - - Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and the poor ever widening, the Organisation for…Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies
TeleSur | - - The YPG and allied forces, under the umbrella organization the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), control over 60 percent of the Syrian border with Turkey. The Kurdish residents of…Trump’s US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees
By Gordon Brown | (Project Syndicate) | - - The US has decided to withhold more than half of its planned funding for the UNRWA – $65 million of the $125 million…Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution
Homa Hoodfar | (The Conversation) | - - In the lead-up to March 8, I am sometimes asked whether we really still need an International Women’s Day (IWD). Though my greatest hope…Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The late Saudi Maj. Gen. Ali al-Qahtani is said to have shown up at the morgue from the Riyadh Ritz Carlton where he…Iraq: Al-Sadr & Communist Party ally against Corruption, Iranian Hegemony
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Nativist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, 44, is encouraging members of his Sadr Movement to vote in the upcoming national elections for parliament. "Vote,"…Western Man jailed for “insulting” UAE online
Middle East Monitor | - - A 39-year-old teacher has been jailed and forced “to sign a fake confession” in the UAE following “an electronic insult” on social media. Christian Wilke was…Lebanon: 5 Steps to Improve Women’s Rights
Human Rights Watch | - - Parliament Candidates Should Commit to Reforms (Beirut) – Candidates running in Lebanon’s May 6, 2018 parliamentary elections should commit to five key steps to improve women’s…Surprise withdrawal of Syrian guerrillas from East Ghouta as Regime advances
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Syrian War is largely over, but the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers appear determined to mop up…Muslim Women at forefront of Science: 70% of Iranian Women Graduates come out with Science Degrees
Middle Eastern Women Leading World's Science, Tech Fields | TeleSur | - - Over half of STEM jobs in several middle eastern countries are held by female professionals. “In wealthy nations, they…Battle of the billboards as Controversial Saudi crown prince arrives in London
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | - - The roadside signs show a bearded man in Arab head-dress with the words "He is bringing change to Saudi Arabia". Passing drivers, unless…Saudi Prince: Turkey, Iran & Extremists are ME “Triangle of Evil”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Egypt's al-Shuruq newspaper, which tilts liberal and secular, reports on the press conference in Cairo conducted by neophyte crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman,…Israel passes law to strip residency of Jerusalem’s Palestinians
MWC News | - - Palestinians slam new 'breach of loyalty' legislation as 'extremely racist' and a violation of international law. Israel's Interior Minister Aryeh Deri will now have the power to…‘These are the keys of this paradise’: how 700 years of Muslim rule in Spain came to an end
By Elizabeth Drayson | (The Conversation) | - - It was the moment which set Spain on a course to become the greatest power in early modern Europe. On January 2, 1492…What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?
Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The Sunni-Shi’a schism provides for different narrative and prescriptions for arriving at the ‘utopian Islamic society’ and the incoming of the Messiah, al-Mahdi.…Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts
By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | - - As Syrian government forces crush the country’s largest remaining rebel strongholds and with Bashar al-Assad apparently here to stay, Syria is turning into…Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson’s helming of State Department
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The New Yorker reports that there was a further Steele memo, prepared by the same ex-MI6 intelligence officer who authored the notorious "golden…