Turkish forces launched a second wave of airstrikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) targets in northern Iraq on Sunday, after P.K.K. militants attacked and killed soldiers in Turkey. The peace process between them appears to have ended. Residents are being...
Turkmen Killed in Bombing at Pool; 30 Killed across Iraq
154 Killed in Iraq as Turkey Resumes Bombing PKK Bases
A Chance for Arab-Iranian Reconciliation: An Opportunity in the Iran Nuclear Deal
“The Americans have taken the Shia Muslim side in the Middle East’s sectarian war,” declared Robert Fisk in the Independent newspaper on July 15, a day after the US and five major world powers reached a landmark agreement with Iran about its nuclear programs. Fisk’s...
Ethiopia Claims US Precedent for Crackdown on Journalists
Early on July 9, guards in Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia told Reeyot Alemu to pack up her bags. After four years in prison, she was going home. Reeyot is one of six journalists, including two bloggers from the Zone 9 blogging collective, released on July 8...
Peter Beinart’s Fantasy
Peter Beinart asks some pretty good questions: he wants to know why the same crowd that lied us into war in Iraq isn't completely discredited when it comes to their opposition to the recently concluded deal with Iran. No, he doesn't put it quite that way, in part...
106 Killed in Iraq as US Defense Secretary Visits
America’s Limited Space for Iran Stories
Last week, much of the US seemed to wring its hands over the US government’s deal with Iran over their nuclear program. The hysterical reaction from potential 2016 candidates to a mixed, but fairly positive solution to this crisis – most of them came out against the...
Bombings Continue in Baghdad; 81 Killed across Iraq
Hillary Clinton’s Hawkish Response to the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Going back at least as early as the 1989 Presidential election of Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran has been attempting to end its international isolation by improving relations with the United States. And at least since the election of Iran’s next President, Seyyed Mohammad...