Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]
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The Great Battle for Aleppo
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jordan’s Arabic daily al-Dustour [Constitution] is reporting on what it calls ‘the Great Battle for Aleppo.’ […]
Dissing Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israeli Occupation
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by […]
The Greater Middle East Reacts to British Exit from EU
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The oil-rich Gulf Cooperation countries may see additional buying opportunities in the British market after Brexit. […]
The Middle East Dimension of Brexit
Middle East Eye | (Video News Report) | Brexit will affect Syrian and other Refugees at Calais, intelligence sharing on ISIL, and Palestine-Israel diplomacy among […]
Why did UK leaving European Union hit your Retirement Account so Hard?
By Andre Spicer | (The Conversation) | – – Despite reassurances that we shouldn’t listen to the experts, the financial markets have gone and behaved […]
Did Trump-Style Islamophobia break up the European Union?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a historic referendum, the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. The motivations […]
Iraq after ISIL: Liberated Ramadi 80% Damaged, has only gotten $1 mn from Gov’t
By Kamal al-Ayash | Ramadi | (Niqash.org) | – – As the clean up in Ramadi continues, locals and officials are applying for reconstruction aid. […]
Britain votes to leave the EU, what happens next?
By Gavin Barrett | (The Conversation) | – – Britain [is leaving] the EU. This is having an immediate effect on markets. It will have […]
Will Gov. Cuomo’s executive order against Israel Boycott strengthen movement?
By Tekendra Parmar | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – On June 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to create a blacklist […]