Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]
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New Wave of Christian Refugees as “Islamic State” Takes Iraq’s Largest Christian Town
By Middle East Eye “Christians have fled from the largest Christian city in Iraq as the militants of the Islamic State took control. They were […]
Why is Obama bombing Iraq, Really?
By Juan Cole Al-Zaman reports that a US drone hit mortar emplacements and F-18s struck artillery arrays and armored vehicles deployed by the so-called “Islamic […]
Iraq: Yazidis Trapped By Extremists: ‘We Will Run Out Of Food, Water In Two Days’
By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Over the weekend, the Sunni Muslim extremist group, Islamic State, entered the Sinjar area in northern Iraq. […]
The Capital of the Caliphate: VICE on the so-called “Islamic State” in Syria & Iraq
By VICE: “The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria. […]
Israelis Knocked out Gaza Power Plant, causing Hospital, Bakery and Water Crisis
Middle East Eye: “MEE report shows the effect of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza’s power plant, which has severe impact on hospitals, bakers and other vital […]
The US helped Break up the Sudan, and now South Sudan Faces Famine
By Nick Turse [This story was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional funding was provided through the generosity of […]
Obama & Airstrikes to Protect Iraqi Kurds: 1991 Deja Vu all Over Again
By Juan Cole During the Gulf War in early 1991, then-president George H. W. Bush called on Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein and […]
With Warming Lake Water, Toledo’s Algae Problem will Get Worse
PBS News Hour: “Conversation with Richard Stumpf of NOAA on the science behind the algal bloom.” Stumpf points out that the algae like war water […]
A Discourse of sexualized violence rises among the Israel Firsters, including on Bill Maher
By Alex Shams BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As the bombs have been falling on Gaza over the past four weeks, another war has been ongoing for […]
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