Middle East

( Middle East Monitor ) – The website of a certain pan-Arab media organisation seems to be fixated on translating, commenting or briefing its audience on everything that US and Israeli officials say about the Middle East. Every threat made by US President Donald Trump, every tweet by an American official, however insignificant or inconsequential, […]

Donald Trump

Saudi Arabia, Rehabilitated, is Mediator in Ukraine War, and maybe with Iran

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University (The Conversation) – Saudi Arabia is 2,000 miles from Ukraine and even more politically distant, so at first glance it might seem like it has nothing to do with the ongoing war there. But the Gulf state has emerged as a key intermediary in the most serious ceasefire negotiations […]

Featured

Israel’s use of Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Humiliation, and Destruction of Women’s Healthcare in Gaza was Genocidal: UN

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An independent UN commission has found that “Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination and carried out genocidal acts through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities.” The commission […]

Featured

The Right Wing Israeli pro-Settler attack on the Oscar-winning “No Other Land”

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The efforts to discredit and suppress the film No Other Land are part and parcel of a broader effort by Republicans to dominate and manipulate the mainstream media. They have gone to great lengths to undermine traditional media, in favor of the partisan charged social media outlets, […]

Syria

After mass Killings in Syria, can a fragmented Country stay United?

The Conversation

By Ali Mamouri, Deakin University Shortly after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the new government led by rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa pledged to unite Syrians and establish a “civil peace” in the country. In recent days, this fragile peace has been tested. Late last week, clashes broke out between government security forces […]

Academic Freedom

Protesting to Columbia University over the Unlawful Detention of Mahmoud Khalil

contributors

CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM March 11, 2025Katrina Armstrong, PresidentColumbia UniversityDaniel Abebe, DeanColumbia School of Law Dear President Armstrong and Dean Abebe: We are writing on behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over two-hundred scholars from campuses across California, to call upon you to demand the immediate release from ICE custody […]

Kurds

Syria integration deal with Kurds brings Relief after Days of bitter Violence wracks war-torn Country

The Conversation

By Rob Geist Pinfold, King’s College London (The Conversation) – The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into the regime, in what is a big step towards uniting the fractured country. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led (HTS) government has been struggling for legitimacy since it […]

Bill of Rights

We are All Mahmoud Khalil

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The arrest of legal permanent U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil, 29, by Department of Homeland Security agents for thought crimes is a shot across the bow of the American Constitution. All Fascist governments despise free speech, and the Trumpist regime is no exception. Khalil is only a test case. The Trumpists […]

Alawites

Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians

Human Rights Watch

Summary Executions, Indiscriminate Shootings, Outrages on Personal Dignity. ( Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Summary executions and other atrocities have taken place in Syria’s coastal region following insurgent attacks on Syrian security forces and during subsequent government security operations, with the Alawite community bearing the brunt of the violence, Human Rights Watch said today. […]