Iraq is complaining about repeated Turkish incursions into its airspace, and is taking the matter to the Arab league. Given that there is a no-fly […]

Amnesty International Appeal for Dr. Aghajari PUBLIC AI Index:MDE 13/022/2002; UA 330/02 – 7 November 2002 Threat of execution/medical concern IRAN – Dr Seyyed Hashem […]

Jordan declines to Join in Iraq War (Again) Jordan’s Foreign Minister Marwan al-Mu`ashir continued to maintain today that its territory could not be used in […]

Deal struck for Government in Pakistan? Rumors are swirling in the Pakistani press (“informed sources say . . .”) that a deal has finally been […]

Predator strike against al-Qaeda in Yemen The strike on Abu `Ali al-Harithi and his companions near Marib was carried out by a Predator controlled from […]

Are Arabs Anti-American? On a list I am on, we have been discussing Barry Rubin’s article on the roots of Arab anti-Americanism in the current […]

Election Trouble for US: Turkey and Pakistan Electoral politics in the Muslim world continue to produce results troubling to the policies of the Bush administration. […]

Fighting broke out again near Shindand in Afghanistan between the forces of Ismail Khan of Herat and those of his Pushtun foe Amanu’llah Khan. Five […]

Bahrain Elections: Islamists Win Now that the second round in the Bahrain elections has been completed, it appears that the Sunni Islamists have a bare […]