Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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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 […]
‘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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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