Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington
Donald Trump

Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two visions of the future of Gaza are congealing, in two different power centers. One is the Arab and Muslim […]

Juan Cole Fundraiser
DONATED:$12,716
SUPPORTERS:147
TARGET:$30,000
REMAINING:$17,284
On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”

On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

11/05/2025 By Juan Cole

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

11/05/2025 By Common Dreams

More Stories

Iraq
2 US Soldiers Killed Ammar Calls for ultimate US Withdrawal Sistani Aide Calls for Laws to Rein in contractor, US military lawlessnes

2 US Soldiers Killed Ammar Calls for ultimate US Withdrawal Sistani Aide Calls for Laws to Rein in contractor, US military lawlessnes

The killing of two US soldiers and the wounding of 5 more in a mortar attack were reported on Saturday. Sawt al-Iraq reports in Arabic […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Karbala’i: Parliament Must regulate Security Firms, US Military

Karbala’i: Parliament Must regulate Security Firms, US Military

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases reports in the Iraqi press on the sermon of Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative in the holy […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sanchez Attacks Iraq War Sistani Condemns Security Firms, Occupation Forces

Sanchez Attacks Iraq War Sistani Condemns Security Firms, Occupation Forces

Retired Gen. Rick Sanchez lambasted the Bush administration’s Iraq War in a speech on Friday, as “a nightmare with no end in sight”. Sanchez implied […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkish Press reaction to Armenian Resolution

Turkish Press reaction to Armenian Resolution

The USG Open Source Center translates and summarizes Turkish press reaction to the US congressional resolution concerning the Armenian genocide. ‘Turkey: Roundup of Press Reactions […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Who Lost Turkey?

Who Lost Turkey?

Turkey has been the strongest ally that the United States has had in the Middle East since the end of WW II. The Marshall Plan […]

Juan Cole

Father Dease President Of University Of

Father Dease President Of University Of

Father Dease, the president of the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, has reversed himself and invited Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at UST. Dease […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Attacks Increase in Iraq Militants Recruit Displaced Young Men

Attacks Increase in Iraq Militants Recruit Displaced Young Men

The number of attacks in Iraq has increased in recent days, frustrating US military commanders who were hoping a corner had been turned and that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Television responds to Senate Soft Partition Plan Call for Biden to be declared Persona non Grata

Iraqi Television responds to Senate Soft Partition Plan Call for Biden to be declared Persona non Grata

The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reaction to the US Senate vote in favor of a soft partition of Iraq. ‘Roundup of Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
57 Killed, 120 Wounded Turks Authorize Iraq Incursion

57 Killed, 120 Wounded Turks Authorize Iraq Incursion

Guerrilla violence left at least 57 dead in Iraq on Tuesday, with 22 killed in two truck bombings in the northern refinery city of Baiji. […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2534
  • Page 2535
  • Page 2536
  • Page 2537
  • Page 2538
  • …
  • Page 3044
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Israel/ Palestine

Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

Middle East Monitor

Academic Freedom

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Committee on Academic Freedom

African-Americans

When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Juan Cole

Muslim-Americans

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

Tomdispatch

Popular

  • When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language
  • With China's Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History
  • Egypt's Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy
  • Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington
  • Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved