The United States Should Admit It No Longer Has a Middle East Policy
If the current — and future — U.S. administration wants to battle the Islamic State, save Syria, and keep ties …
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Obama losing credibility with Syrian opposition leaders
Getty Tensions between the administration and the moderate rebels have spiked ahead of Friday’s peace talks. By Nahal Toosi As …
U.N. Chief to U.S.-Backed Saudi Air Coalition: You May Be Committing War Crimes in Yemen
The U.N. has asked Yemen to reverse its decision to expel a top U.N. human rights official after cluster-bomb complaints. …
There Would Have Been ‘Something Wrong’ If US Hadn’t Bugged Netanyahu – OpEd
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu By Alan Hart When Republican Representative Devin Nunes informed the media that the House Intelligence Committee of …
Not Taking Sides in Saudi-Iran Fights
Many U.S. pols and pundits fret that Saudi Arabia’s feelings are hurt by the Obama administration’s opening to Iran, but they conveniently forget Saudi support …
Saudi Arabia’s Barbaric Executions
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A demonstration in Tehran against Saudi Arabia and its execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Credit Vahid …
Saudi Arabia’s Religious Intolerance and the Execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
By Will Inboden As the Middle East enters its sixth year of unrelenting turmoil, this past weekend witnessed an ominous …
This Wikileaks Cable Explains Why the Death of One Cleric Has the Mideast On Edge
By Henry Johnson More than seven years before he was beheaded by the Saudi Arabian government, outspoken Shiite cleric Sheikh …
Why the US pushes an illusory Syrian peace process
Gareth Porter The notion that a political settlement will take place lacks credibility – the realities on the ground in …
Yemen Crisis: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance
by Medea Benjamin After almost a year of civil war, the conflicting forces in Yemen sat down on December 15 …
Getting Real About Turkey
Western Criticism In Historic Context By Nick Danforth Over the past year, it has become almost routine to argue …
Trump, the Islamic State, and the Cliché of Civilizations
A few politicians and intellectuals decry « Islamofascists, » but the real target of Islamophobia is the mainstream Islam of mosques, moderate …
Occupations and Preoccupations in the Middle East
by John Feffer In his new film Taxi, Iranian director Jafar Panahi is having a conversation with his young niece. …
U.S. Support for Saudi Strikes in Yemen Raises War Crime Concerns
A top American lawmaker says the Obama administration’s military assistance to Riyadh may violate U.S. law. By Colum Lynch On …
Carter: U.S. will take ‘all necessary steps’ to counter Russia
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter | Mark Wilson/Getty By Leigh Munsil Defense Secretary Ash Carter delivered a sharp warning …
It’s Time for the United States to Start Worrying About a Saudi Collapse
By John Hannah As if there weren’t already enough problems to worry about in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia might be headed …
How to cooperate with Russia in Syria
Vladimir Putin: Undermining America’s credibility? | MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images The US should deploy a mix of resistance and cooperation in …
Senators Question Obama Administration’s New Legal Argument For Fighting in Syria
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais By Molly O’Toole Administration officials have begun arguing that the president has the authority, in …
US-trained Division 30 rebels ‘betray US and hand weapons over to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria’
Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed US and handed weapons over to Jabhat al-Nusra immediately after entering Syria Jabhat …
The King and ISIS
King Salman came to Washington touting military and counterterrorism cooperation. But can the U.S.-Saudi relationship survive the House of Saud’s …
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