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

Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
Featured

Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

More Stories

Uncategorized
Khamenei Calls For Sunni Shiite Unity

Khamenei Calls For Sunni Shiite Unity

Khamenei Calls for Sunni-Shiite Unity in Iraq: SCIRI: no Separation of Religion and State Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Riots In Baghdad Rioting Continued For

Riots In Baghdad Rioting Continued For

Riots in Baghdad Rioting continued for the third day in Baghdad, this time by nearly 2000 former members of the Iraqi secret police, who want […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Three Us Soldiers Killed 3 Wounded In

Three Us Soldiers Killed 3 Wounded In

Three US soldiers Killed, 3 wounded in Iraq; Mortar at Foreign Ministry Guerrillas killed one US soldier and wounded another near Ramadi west of Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Waxman Corporations Angry About Tender

Waxman Corporations Angry About Tender

Waxman, Corporations Angry about Tender Process in Iraq The American-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, the ambassador to the US of Qatar, several US companies, and Henry […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iranian Factions Divided On Which Iraqi

Iranian Factions Divided On Which Iraqi

Iranian Factions divided on which Iraqi Shiites to support According to al-Sharq al-Awsat, reformist president Ali Khatami of Iran is supporting Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Turkish Troops Rejected Unanimously By

Turkish Troops Rejected Unanimously By

Turkish Troops Rejected “Unanimously” by Iraqi Governing Council The complete powerlessness and irrelevancy of the so-called Interim Governing Council was demonstrated Wednesday when the US […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Najaf Religious Authorities Rebuke Igc

Najaf Religious Authorities Rebuke Igc

Najaf Religious Authorities Rebuke IGC on Nationalities Law The Interim Governing Council issued a new law on Iraqi nationality in September, allowing dual citizenship. A […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Al Hakim Calls For Iranian Role Abdul

Al Hakim Calls For Iranian Role Abdul

Al-Hakim Calls for Iranian Role Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, member of the Interim Governing Council and head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Attacks On Us Bulgarian Troops In

Attacks On Us Bulgarian Troops In

Attacks on US, Bulgarian Troops in Kirkuk and Karbala; Firefight in Beiji Guerrillas fired grenade launchers at Bulgarian troops in Karbala and at US troops […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2956
  • Page 2957
  • Page 2958
  • Page 2959
  • Page 2960
  • …
  • Page 3021
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

The Conversation

Climate Crisis

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

The Conversation

Popular

  • Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide
  • The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy
  • Why Even "Progressive" Dem Leaders won't Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC's Undue Influence
  • Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
  • Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved