By TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia and 10 of its Middle East allies began their military offensive in Yemen with over 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops. Saudi-led warplanes killed at least 82 people when they struck mourners at a hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, the acting health minister in the Houthi-run […]
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Arab World
The Graveyard of ISIL
By Mustafa Sadoun | Fallujah | ( Niqash.org) | – – NIQASH visits an ISIL cemetery in Fallujah and finds the hastily built, last resting places of several of the group’s leaders, as well as unusual ideas for what to do with the place in the long run. A still from the Iraqi military’s video […]
The Other Aleppo: A rare portrait of the Government-held Western City
Channel Four News | (Video News Report) | – – “We have seen the tragedy of East Aleppo which is under siege and fierce bombardment from the Syrian and Russian armies – but there’s another side to the city; a side of the war that is hidden from view. West Aleppo is home to around […]
As Battle w/ ISIL for Mosul nears, Iraq should exclude Abusive Militias
Human Rights Watch | – – Role of Abusive Armed Forces, Treatment, and Screening of Detainees (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should make a commitment to prevent any armed forces implicated in laws of war violations from participating in planned operations against the extremist armed group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Mosul, Human […]
De Mistura: al-Qaeda must leave E. Aleppo to save it from Destruction
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has addressed the Levant Conquest Front, whose leader, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri. De Mistura said that among the 8,000 or so fighters from rebel groups in the East […]
US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arab press reacted to the announcement on Monday by the US government that it was ending its military cooperation with the Russian Federation in Syria. Masr al-Arabiya noted that the US underlined that that the step did not imply that all sorts of joint activity […]
In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon
Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – – In Mosul, the Islamic State is preparing for a siege, building walls, tunnels and trenches and boasting that, like the Prophet Mohammed in the 7th century, they will be able to withstand any attacks. Locals doubt it. In Mosul, members of the extremist group that control […]
The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence
By Lina Abirafeh | (The Conversation) | – – It should now be beyond dispute that gender-based violence is a critical human rights issue – possibly the most important human rights challenge of our time. There is a great deal of research and action on this issue, and also a great deal of terminology that […]
Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic ‘Shock Therapy’?
By Nasser Saidi | (Project Syndicate) | – – BEIRUT – Saudi Arabia has long relied on oil to fuel its economic growth and development. Last year, oil accounted for about three-quarters of the Kingdom’s total export revenues and around 90% of government revenue. But the recent collapse in oil prices highlighted what should long […]
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