Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Beltway Bandits who are always opining…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi prime minister Haydar al-Abadi threatened on…
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What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Recently I was asked whether, if Trump succeeded in undermining the Joint Plan of Collective Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, whether Iran…UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing
TeleSur | - - Top U.N. official Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the "brutal security operation" against the Rohingya was "clearly disproportionate" response to the attacks led by the insurgent The United…Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”
By Todd Green | ( Mizan Project ) | - - This year marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation in Germany, a monumental event in Christian history that generated permanent…Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President in June 2017 announced September 25 as the day for a referendum on independence from…On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US is commemorating the victims of September 11 today at the same time it is mourning the serial devastation that struck Texas…China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric
TeleSur | - - Last year, China became the largest supplier of electric cars – electric and gasoline-electric hybrids rose 50 percent over 2015 to 336,000. China, one of the world's largest…Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, liked by Nazis
IMEMC News Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world, according to…Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with ‘Love and Courage’
Brampton Focus | Jagmeet Singh | Rally Video | - - Jagmeet Singh, who grew up in Windsor, Canada, is a member of the Ontario legislature. His family is originally from India…As ISIL dwindles, Iraq fears extremists fleeing Syria
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iraqi forces are upset about the safe passage granted to Islamic State fighters from Syria. They will enter Iraq, where, locals say, thousands…Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities
Human Rights Watch | - - Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling,…Israel’s Sara Netanyahu Faces Possible Indictment for Fraud
TeleSur | - - The announcement comes as the legal heat is turning up for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, for cases of bribery and fraud. Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli…You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban
RFE/RL's Tajik Service | - - DUSHANBE -- Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes…What are American Soldiers really still dying for in the Mideast?
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I used to command soldiers. Over the years, lots of them actually. In Iraq, Colorado, Afghanistan, and Kansas. And I’m still fixated on…Bannon & Trump lost Long ago: White Christians not a Majority in US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 1976,when Jimmy Carter was elected, a big majority (81%) of Americans identified as both white and Christian, with 4 in 10 of…Sint Maarten: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the Maho Beach WebCam
PTZtv | Webcam video | - - "Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!" Live footage as Hurricane Irma destroys…On top of everything, Will the Middle East run out of Water?
By George Joffe | (The Conversation) | - - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) already the most water stressed region in the world, faces a worsening crisis in terms of…The rise and rise of Iran: How Tehran has become pivotal to the future of the Middle East
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (The Conversation) | - - Iran and the US are once again on a dangerous collision course. President Trump’s search for excuses to decertify the July 2015 nuclear…Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - With the Iraqi campaign against ISIL having wrested from it Mosul and Talafar, and with Hawija and Qaim really the last two areas…Gaza: Over 1 million children in ‘unlivable’ circumstances
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | (Informed Comment) | - - Over a million children in Gaza are living in impoverished circumstances due to electricity shortages, causing problems for public health and education, warned…Syria’s Heritage, and the World’s, that the War Destroyed–From Palmyra to Castles
Written by Alreem Kamal | ( GlobalVoices.org) | - - Syria's story is one that has been weaved through families from one millennium to the next. Subjugated as a Roman province under…