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

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

“Reviving old Desires:”  Saadi and Omar Khayyam  on Celebrating the New Year
Featured

“Reviving old Desires:” Saadi and Omar Khayyam on Celebrating the New Year

Juan Cole

The dawn wind wafts the scent of the New Year / to friends’ delight and triumphant good cheer.

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

Iran Protests Intensify Amid Rial Free Fall, Mounting Regional Tensions

01/01/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

What “Loving-Kindness” Meditation is and How to Practice it in the New Year

01/01/2026 By The Conversation

More Stories

Uncategorized
Police Station Attack In Ramadi Wounds

Police Station Attack In Ramadi Wounds

Police Station attack in Ramadi wounds 6; US vehicle blown up in Baghdad Guerrillas attacked a police station in the western (Sunni Arab) town of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Census Plan Bypasses Igc Iraqi Census

Census Plan Bypasses Igc Iraqi Census

Census Plan bypasses IGC The Iraqi Census Bureau made up a plan that would have allowed a census to be completed by September 1, but […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Revived Al Jihad Al Islami In Egypt Al

Revived Al Jihad Al Islami In Egypt Al

Revived al-Jihad al-Islami in Egypt Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Egypt has arrested 27 members of a new splinter group from al-Jihad al-Islami, the militant Islamist […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Israeli Intelligence Failures

Israeli Intelligence Failures

Israeli Intelligence Failures Contributed to Iraq War Fever Respected Israeli security thinker Shlomo Brom argues in the current Strategic Assessment that Mossad fell down on […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Larry Kaplow Of Atlanta Journal

Larry Kaplow Of Atlanta Journal

Larry Kaplow of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that clerical followers of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani are beginning to threaten direct political action if his […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Soldier Killed In Samarra Guerrillas

Us Soldier Killed In Samarra Guerrillas

US Soldier Killed in Samarra Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to attack a 4th Infantry Division convoy in Samarra’, killing one US soldier on Monday.

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Oxford Research Center Iraq Opinion

Oxford Research Center Iraq Opinion

Oxford Research Center Iraq Opinion Poll Helena Cobban summarizes briefly the Oxford Research Center’s recent opinion poll in Iraq. She highlights the finding that what […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Brookings Institute Conference On Iraq

Brookings Institute Conference On Iraq

Brookings Institute Conference on Iraq Last April the American Enterprise Institute hosted a triumphal conference to toast victory in the Iraq War, which had been […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Blanford Shiite Challenge See Fine

Blanford Shiite Challenge See Fine

Blanford: A Shiite Challenge See the fine analysis by Nicholas Blanford in the Christian Science Monitor of the showdown between Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2969
  • Page 2970
  • Page 2971
  • Page 2972
  • Page 2973
  • …
  • Page 3064
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Syria’s incomplete security Transition has left gaps for Islamic State to Exploit

The Conversation

Donald Trump

The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

International Middle East Media Center

Iraq

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Middle East Monitor

Popular

  • Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt's 'The Israel Lobby'
  • Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
  • 2025 Climate Good News: Sustainables met all new Demand, EVs 25% of New Car Sales, Global Heating Projections fell to 2.8º C.
  • Why is the United States Drawn to War?
  • In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved