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: Extremists of Daesh/ ISIL on the Move in Mosul in Response to Kurdish Advance
Khales Joumah | Mosul | (Niqash.org) Last week’s victory over the extremist Islamic State group in the Sinjar area has had a significant effect on […]
Why Kim Jong-Un was Really afraid of “The Interview:” A Humiliation Romp, not an Assassination Flick
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — N.B.: Contains spoilers; if interested in the film, go see or stream it first and then read. There […]
The Bureaucracy of Terror in Mosul: Todenhöfer’s Unprecedented Footage from Within
BBC News | — “A German author given unprecedented access to territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State, has told the BBC that IS is […]
Christmas in Gaza
Middle East Eye | — “Christians in Gaza prepare to celebrate yet another Christmas under the Israeli imposed siege. Bishop Alexios of Gaza speaks to […]
How Jesus’ Message of Peace & Non-Violence Got Lost
By Mairead Maguire | (Nobel Peace Laureate) BELFAST (IPS) – I recently visited Assisi, the home of St. Francis and St. Clare, two great spirits […]
Threadbare Christmas for Iraqi Christian Refugees from Daesh/ISIL Mosul
Euronews | — “Internally displaced Iraqi Christians who fled violence in Mosul celebrated Christmas in Baghdad on Wednesday.” Euronews: “Some displaced Iraqi Christians are not […]
Have the Kurds cut the ISIL/Daesh State in Two, Blocking Supply Lines?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Al-Mada newspaper in Baghdad had an interesting article in the aftermath of the fall of Shinjar to the […]
Turkey again goes down Path of the One-Party State
By Erdağ Göknar (Istanbul) | (ISLAMiCommentary) — Erdağ Göknar If we read the recent government-ordered police raids against opposition media in reverse, we can get […]
Israeli forces suppress Christmas march in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday suppressed a peaceful march calling for “Christmas without occupation” in Bethlehem. Demonstrators marched to the Israeli military checkpoint […]
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