In March 1979, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told his inner circle that leading the Arab countries to a final victory against Israel would first entail a showdown with the United States. Throughout the 1980s, even while the United States officially supported Iraq in...

Though the fatalities in the latest flare up between Israel and Hamas – about 285 Palestinians and two Israeli killed so far – dwarf those in other conflicts, the American public needs to pay particular attention to what's happening there. The US is not merely an...

At least 107 people were killed today. Except for one, the dead were all militants. Another 14 were wounded.

As the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program approach the Jul. 20 deadline, both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have signaled through their carefully worded statements that they are now moving toward toward...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Who even knows what to call it? The Iraq War or the Iraq-Syrian War would be far too orderly for what’s happening, so it remains a no-name conflict that couldn’t be deadlier or more destabilizing – and it’s in...

Terrorism is defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as: "the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal." One could say Hamas fits this definition out of desperation and a lack of moral leadership....

A group of Palestinian boys is playing on the beach in Gaza, kicking a soccer ball around in the bright sunshine. But not for long: an Israeli missile hits a nearby shack, where their family members keep their fishing boats: it bursts into flames and the boys take off...

As we’ve been told since 9/11, the government needs certain special powers in order to keep us safe from terrorism. The PATRIOT Act, FISA Courts, telecom immunity, the NSA looking at your naked pictures – all of this is made or enhanced in the name of fighting the...

At least 109 people were killed today, and another 148 were wounded. A large clash between Peshmerga forces and Islamic State militants near Kirkuk left many casualties, as did bombs in Baghdad.

Bowe Bergdahl has caused quite the uproar among the military community lately. The soldier, who may or may not have deserted his post in 2009, was recently released in a prisoner exchange for five Taliban members who had been held at Guantanamo. For all the debate...