By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that he did not intend to engage in a tit for tat with Donald Trump, who had attacked Iran in a speech last week. “Naturally, I do not want to spend time right now in replying to the […]
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Middle East
ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. It is just a matter of neutralizing a few remaining cells and defusing booby traps in the city. The SDF is primarily […]
3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood
By Nancy Gallagher | (The Conversation) | – – U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to tell Congress that the 2015 nuclear deal the Obama administration reached with Iran and five other world powers still serves U.S. national interests. This refusal, or decertification, went against top officials in his own government and the International Atomic […]
No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down the Kurdistan flag. They also have an army base and oil fields in Kirkuk province, which they are returning to the control of […]
France’s Macron slams Trump ‘Bad Policy’ by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade
TeleSur Macron’s visit to Iran would be the first by a French head of state or government since 1976. Widening transatlantic divisions are coming into focus as traditional U.S. allies are recoiling at U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the nuclear deal with Iran. The divide was underscored Sunday as French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Morocco’s Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment
The World Bank | (Video News Report) | – – “Concentrating Solar Power, CSP, is huge in Morocco. Literally, it’s huge. Panels almost the size of tennis courts stretch across acres of desert at the 4 Noor plants in Ouarzazate, providing enough power to light up Marrakesh at night. Learn how it’s done, what it […]
In Absence of US Leadership, War Breaks out between Kurds and Baghdad
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The “Voice of Iraq” reports that last night artillery duels broke out between Iraqi army forces and Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary personnel to the south of the city of Kirkuk. The report is sourced to Peshmerga officers who declined to have their names used. For their part, […]
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Mood Swings made US a Rogue State
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – From his feud with Bob Corker to his plans to renege on the Iran deal, Trump’s mood swings mean a dangerous new era of foreign policy. Every few years — sometimes four, sometimes eight — America’s political mood swings from one pole to another. […]
Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital
TeleSur | – – The Syrian Arab Army has reportedly taken over the [so-called] Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Al-Mayadeen. The Syrian Arab Army, SAA, has achieved full control over all districts within the city of Al-Mayadeen, according to Al-Masdar News, citing exclusive military sources. Al-Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province has been functioning […]
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