Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 20, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Iran has a role to play in defeating Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigSep 18, 2014
Sure, Islamic State is terrible and does awful things like behead people, but it's got nothing on Saudi Arabia, which beheads people as a matter of policy. Dig deeper
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Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 18, 2014
The pan-Arab, London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat (The Middle East) reports that the major Shiite militias of Iraq are denouncing Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi for welcoming U.S. air support in the fight against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 16, 2014
In a recent episode of "The Trews" titled "Will Obama's Bombs Stop Beheadings?" comedian Russell Brand ponders what President Obama really means when he says the U.S. is attacking Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in order to protect "America's core interests." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 16, 2014
During the recent war in the Gaza Strip, a controversy broke out in Turkey about whether Turkish Jews were required to condemn Israel’s actions, as some pro-Palestinian Turks suggested. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 15, 2014
In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from European nations and from countries in the Middle East for the U.S. push against Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 15, 2014
Ever since George W. Bush invaded Iraq and created the circumstances under which al-Qaida could take root and flourish there from 2003 forward, al-Qaida in Mesopotamia (which later styled itself the “Islamic State of Iraq”) has taken captives and has beheaded them on film. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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