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Archives: Middle East
Will Egypt’s Jailed Youth Activists Ever See Justice?
Netizen Report | (Global Voices Online) | - - On 19 October, Egypt’s highest court of appeal postponed the trial of prominent activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah to 8 November.…
Last counties in Kirkuk fall to Iraqi Gov’t as Sistani calls for protection of Kurdish Citizens
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi military and its Shiite militia auxiliaries have completed their reassertion in Kirkuk. The last pockets of resistance fell as units advanced…
Iran Deal: 67% of US Citizens Don’t Want to Pull Out
TeleSur | - - U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he wants to “decertify” the agreement. A CNN poll has found that 67 percent of U.S. citizens don’t want Washington to…
Are China and N. Korea biggest Winners from Trump dissing Iran Deal?
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - The recent move by President Trump to unilaterally decertify Iran under the 2015 nuclear agreement has predictably caused tensions between Iran and the West…
Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly so paranoid?
By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | - - In the past, Saudi Arabia depended upon its enormous oil wealth and the United States for its security. It used the former…
Kirkuk Kurds Anguished about Future of Province
By Shalaw Mohammed | (Niqash.org) | (Kirkuk) | - - People in the northern city of Kirkuk have lived through a lot, including attacks by the Islamic State. But for many, last…
Iran’s Khamenei: We’ll observe Deal if Europe does, despite “Charlatan,” Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iran's clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that he did not intend to engage in a tit for tat with Donald Trump,…
ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony "caliphate" in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic…
3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood
By Nancy Gallagher | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to tell Congress that the 2015 nuclear deal the Obama administration reached with Iran and five other…
No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down…
France’s Macron slams Trump ‘Bad Policy’ by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade
TeleSur Macron’s visit to Iran would be the first by a French head of state or government since 1976. Widening transatlantic divisions are coming into focus as traditional U.S. allies are recoiling…
Morocco’s Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment
The World Bank | (Video News Report) | - - "Concentrating Solar Power, CSP, is huge in Morocco. Literally, it’s huge. Panels almost the size of tennis courts stretch across acres of…
In Absence of US Leadership, War Breaks out between Kurds and Baghdad
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The "Voice of Iraq" reports that last night artillery duels broke out between Iraqi army forces and Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary personnel to the…
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Mood Swings made US a Rogue State
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - From his feud with Bob Corker to his plans to renege on the Iran deal, Trump's mood swings mean a dangerous…
Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital
TeleSur | - - The Syrian Arab Army has reportedly taken over the [so-called] Islamic State group's de facto capital of Al-Mayadeen. The Syrian Arab Army, SAA, has achieved full control over…
Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…
Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)
Riza-yi `Abbasi (d. 1635) | ( Metropolitan Museum) | - - The Lovers Artist: Painting by Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565–1635) Date: dated A.H. 1039/ A.D. 1630 Geography: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan…
Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border
TeleSur | - - According to Kurdish TV station, Rudaw, an additional 6,000 Peshmerga forces have been mobilized in Kirkuk to defend from a possible Iraqi threat. Kurdish TV channel Rudaw has…