"Can America Contain China?" it is often asked in the West. But given America’s endless wars and assaults on the developing nations of the world, the question ought to be, "Can China Contain America"? Or at least, can China restrain the U.S. from...

At least 74 people were killed and 37 more were wounded. Baghdad suffered from several bombings, but they were comparatively minor.

Militants fled the Baiji refinery on Saturday, ahead of approaching Iraqi forces. At least 131 people were killed and 29 were wounded.

Why are there no serious peace talks to end the war in Syria? After robbing over 130,000 people of their lives, and evicting over 9 million refugees from their homes, the Syrian war has infected nearly every region of the Middle East. Yet among the U.S. and its...

At least 97 people were killed; about half of them were civilians. Another 122 people were wounded as Baghdad suffered a series of bombings today.

Iraq War III is chugging along right on schedule, the mission creeping with increasing speed. The latest: Gen. Jack Dempsey, El Commando Supremo, is saying he may have to send in more ground troops: "’I’m not predicting at this point that I would recommend that...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. In a September address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama spoke forcefully about the “cycle of conflict” in the Middle East, about “violence within Muslim communities that has become the...

At least 181 people were killed and 46 were wounded on Thursday. As well as the usual bombings in Baghdad and airstrikes in ISIS/DAASH territory, militants executed a number of tribe members. Also, several dumped bodies were found in Baghdad.

At least 322 were killed across Iraq today, and 49 more were wounded.

When Pat Buchanan described the American Congress as "Israeli-occupied territory" in the run up to the first Gulf war, he clearly underestimated the problem. Although Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban didn’t mean to underscore and enlarge Buchanan’s point, this...