Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change
Agriculture

Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Juan Cole

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

02/18/2026 By Middle East Monitor

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

02/18/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

More Stories

Uncategorized
2 Us Pilots Wounded Mortar Strike In_06

2 Us Pilots Wounded Mortar Strike In_06

2 US Pilots Wounded; Mortar Strike in Basra Guerrillas in the southern port city of Basra fired mortar rounds at the local government headquarters, but […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi

Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi

Pipeline Blast Further Limits Iraqi Exports For the second day in a row on Sunday, guerrillas attacked a key north-south pipeline in Iraq. The damage […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Allawi Considering Arab Troops George

Allawi Considering Arab Troops George

Allawi: Considering Arab Troops George Stephanopoulos interviewed Iyad Allawi on Sunday and did what I thought was an excellent job. He pressed Allawi on the […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Karpinski Says Israelis Were At Abu

Karpinski Says Israelis Were At Abu

Karpinski Says Israelis Were at Abu Ghraib Brigadier General Janis Karpinski alleged Sunday that Israeli interrogators were active at Abu Ghuraib prison. She said she […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Quiet Ethnic Cleansing Of Shiites By

Quiet Ethnic Cleansing Of Shiites By

Quiet Ethnic Cleansing of Shiites by Sunni Jihadis? A European reader with good Iraq contacts passes along a very interesting but frightening account of severe […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iranian Influence On Iraqi Shiites Ed

Iranian Influence On Iraqi Shiites Ed

Iranian Influence on Iraqi Shiites Ed Wong of the New York Times has a fine piece Saturday on Iranian influence on Iraqi Shiites. It seems […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
2 Marines Die Friday Washington Post

2 Marines Die Friday Washington Post

2 Marines Die Friday The Washington Post reports: ‘ The U.S. military reported that a Marine was killed in combat Friday and a second died […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
3 Killed Or Injured In Hotel Attacks

3 Killed Or Injured In Hotel Attacks

3 Killed or Injured in Hotel Attacks Reuters reports that guerrillas launched a sophisticated strike Wednesday against the Baghdad Hotel and the Ishtar Sheraton in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Saddam Blames Bush Brief Appearance Of

Saddam Blames Bush Brief Appearance Of

Saddam Blames Bush The brief appearance of Saddam Hussein in the courtroom on Wednesday was marked by his arrogance and intimidating style of speech. He […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2887
  • Page 2888
  • Page 2889
  • Page 2890
  • Page 2891
  • …
  • Page 3081
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Donald Trump

From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

Middle East Monitor

Australasia

S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine

The Disappearance of Palestine

John Feffer

Popular

  • S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump's High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam
  • Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume
  • Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide
  • The Disappearance of Palestine
  • How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved