Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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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 […]
Peace in Islam: Qur’an 73:10 on Patience as Tolerance
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chapter 73 of the Qur’an, “The Robed” (Al-Muzammil), contains what is probably the earliest Islamic injunction to turn the other […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Electric Cars are Better: Massive Keystone Pipeline Oil Leak Twice as bad as Thought
TeleSur | – – The spill gave further ammunition to environmental groups and other U.S. opponents of another pipeline the company has proposed, the long-delayed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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