Protests won’t stop Trump derailing Mueller Inquiry; Putting the Left in Congress Will
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The broad hints Trump gave Monday that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The broad hints Trump gave Monday that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Matt Apuzzo of the New York Times…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday, Trump responded to the use…
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Iraq’s al-Sadr offers to mediate between Riyadh, Tehran
Middle East Monitor | - - Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric and opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr has declared his willingness to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran with a view to mitigating tensions…‘Son of a Whore’: Video Shows Israeli Troops Cheering After Shooting Unarmed Palestinian
TeleSur | - - While the world condemns Israel's use of lethal force, Israeli politicians and policy makers defend soldiers' cheering of shooting unarmed Palestinians. A video showing Israeli occupation soldiers shoot…Bombed and gassed into oblivion: The lost oasis of Damascus
By Karen Pinto | (The Conversation) | - - Dozens of people, including children, were killed this past weekend by an alleged chemical weapons attack in the eastern Ghouta city of Douma.…Will Trump divert attention from Cohen Raid by attacking Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Matt Apuzzo of the New York Times reports that FBI agents produced a warrant at the offices in the Rockefeller Center of Trump's…If the world doesn’t stop Chemical Massacres at Syria, who is Next?
By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - Seven years into its catastrophic conflict, Syria has witnessed yet another major chemical strike. This time the target was the rebel-held city of…Why are only tinpot War Criminals Punished? What about the Architects of the Iraq War?
By Peter Singer | (Project Syndicate) | - - It is unlikely that former US President George W. Bush or any member of his administration will ever stand trial for initiating a…Peace in Islam: Qur’an 73:10 on Patience as Tolerance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Chapter 73 of the Qur'an, "The Robed" (Al-Muzammil), contains what is probably the earliest Islamic injunction to turn the other cheek. 8. Remember…Trump on Syria Chem Attack: Putin responsible for supporting “Animal Assad”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday, Trump responded to the use by the Syrian regime of a chlorine-filled barrel bomb in the rebel enclave of Douma, a…Yemen War: Do We Americans bear a Responsibility to Halt it?
By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | - - American taxpayers are helping to fight someone else’s war in Yemen, and the blood is on our hands. Since March 2015, the United States…Russia says Syrian rebels to be brought out of Douma
Middle East Monitor | - - Russia’s military said an operation would begin on Sunday to bring fighters of the Jaish al-Islam rebel group out of their besieged enclave of Douma, Interfax…Syrian Regime kills dozens in Chem attack on Douma Holdout Enclave: Why?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Saudi-backed fundamentalist militia "Army of Islam" in the Douma district of East Ghouta near Damascus alleged Sunday that the al-Assad regime had…Geographical Warfare?: Saudi plans to make Qatar an Island
By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | - - On June 5, 2016 Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain began a boycott of its Gulf neighbor Qatar, the richest country in…Kurds of Afrin looted by Turkey-backed Arab Militias, as Syria blocks Kurdish Exodus
Human Rights Watch | - - Turkish-Allied Groups Loot, Destroy People’s Property (Beirut) – Syrian government forces are blocking some civilians fleeing the Turkish-led military actions in Afrin from entering territory under…Israeli Snipers assassinate one Palestinian Journalist, Wound 3 others
TeleSur | - - The Great March of Return began on March 30th and will continue until May 15. A Palestinian journalist covering the Great March of Return in Gaza died Saturday…Peaceful Protest: More Palestinians Killed, Injured on Day of the Burning Tires
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- A second Palestinian protester was shot and killed by Israeli forces along the Gaza border, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed around…Israeli occupation denying Palestinians ‘right to development’ says new UN study
Middle East Monitor | - - Decades of Israeli occupation and appropriation of land and resources has denied the Palestinian people the right to development, a new study by the United Nations…Israeli peace group urges soldiers to refuse orders to shoot Gaza protesters
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem launched a campaign entitled “Sorry Commander, I cannot shoot,” on Thursday urging Israeli soldiers to refuse orders to shoot unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza.The…Trump wants out of Syria within 6 months, Seeks Saudi Aid: AP
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - AP's Josh Lederman reports that on Tuesday, Trump told national security aides meeting in the White House that his patience is running out…#MeToo? Ahed Tamimi’s lawyer accuses Israeli interrogators of sexual harassment
Middle East Monitor | - - Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky who is defending Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi has accused investigators of sexual harassment, Arab48.com reported yesterday. Lasky has filed several complaints against…Russian, Iranian, Turkish Presidents Meet to Discuss Syria, isolate Trump
TeleSur | - - The meeting signals a shift towards dialogue between what have previously been opposing camps throughout most of Syria's war. The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey – Vladimir…