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Archives for November 2018

Saudi Arabia
Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

TeleSur

Citing unnamed officials, the Turkish news report said that the suitcases were taken to the Saudi consul general’s house on the same day i.e. Oct. 2 where his body was allegedly dissolved in acid. Turkish media Sabah reported Sunday that Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dismembered and put into five suitcases after he was strangled in […]

Yemen
Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

AFP

Hodeida (Yemen) (AFP) – Intensified fighting shook a key rebel-held port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast on Sunday, leaving dozens dead as the United Nations warned that children in the war-torn country face “a living hell”. The bloodshed comes despite growing international pressure to end a years-long conflict that has killed thousands and pushed […]

Featured
Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Juan Cole

Extremists are trying to polarize us and set us against one another. The only effective response is to refuse to be divided

Iran
Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

AFP

Washington (AFP) – Iran’s oil exports and financial transactions will be targeted under US sanctions that take force Monday, six months after President Donald Trump bolted from a nuclear deal. Three days ahead, Washington detailed its specific actions targeting Iran’s banking, shipping and energy sectors, threatening penalties against companies, even those of US allies in […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Middle East Monitor

“The larger problem I believe is Iran”

Republican Party
Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

AFP

Electoral rules at the state level effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats

Donald Trump
Top 5 Reasons Trump's Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Top 5 Reasons Trump’s Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With his seemingly infinite capacity for tone deafness, Trump tweeted on Friday an HBO-style movie poster of himself with the phrase “Sanctions are coming,” referring to the Game of Thrones tagline that “winter is coming,” and thereby menacing Iran. HBO issued a formal complaint against use of its material for […]

Yemen
As Saudi-led War Grinds on, 2.2 mn. Yemeni Children Suffering Malnutrition

As Saudi-led War Grinds on, 2.2 mn. Yemeni Children Suffering Malnutrition

AFP

And fully 7 million Yemeni Children face Food Insecurity

journalism
Khashoggi’s Murder Shines Spotlight on Journalists Fleeing ME Dictatorships

Khashoggi’s Murder Shines Spotlight on Journalists Fleeing ME Dictatorships

The Conversation

Many journalists fled after the failure of the Arab Spring, but remain in danger

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