At least 44 were killed and 12 were wounded in other violence. Due to the Eid holiday reports were slim on Satuday.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Let me give you a reason that’s anything but historical for reading Tim Weiner’s remarkable new book, One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon. Mind you, with the last of the secret Nixon White House tapes...

At least 227 were killed and 60 were wounded across Iraq. Many of the victims died in a significant blast in Khan Bani Saad.

From first reactions, it appears that Hill Republicans will be near unanimous in voting a resolution of rejection of the Iran nuclear deal. They will then vote to override President Obama's veto of their resolution. And if the GOP fails there, Gov. Scott Walker says...

One of the greatest moments of U.S. diplomacy in the 20th century was Nixon’s opening to China. It was a surprise, a breathtaking opportunity, and a true game-changer. It was also one of the strangest political matches of all time. A president who had established his...

At a news conference the other day, House Speaker John Boehner took up his role as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pro bono publicist by announcing that "a majority of Congress" opposes the Iran deal. You could almost hear the laughter emanating from the...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. We’ve just passed the first “anniversary” – if such a word can even be used with such a catastrophe – of Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s third invasion of the Gaza Strip in recent years. That...

Life in Falluja is becoming increasingly difficult. Supplies are becoming scare, and the militants have confiscated identity papers, among other tactics, to force residents to stay. The Iraqi Commission for Human Rights believes that the militants may resort to mass...

Now that Iran nuclear deal is completed, the attention of western news media and political commentators is predictably focused overwhelmingly on the opposition to the agreement within the US Congress and from Israel and the Saudi-led Sunni Arab coalition. That media...

Fighting continues in Anbar province, but at least 177 were killed and 75 were wounded across Iraq. Heavy clashes took place in Ramadi where at least four suicide bombers were killed. The blasts from their attacks left eight security personnel dead and 17 wounded. In...