Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 11, 2014
A New York Times article glimpses America's role in creating the leader of ISIS -- the violent Islamic group "redraw[ing] the map of the Middle East" -- and confirms the line by English poet W.H. Auden: "Those to whom evil is done do evil in return." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 10, 2014
In a terrifying excerpt from his essential new book, "The Jihadis Return: Isis and the New Sunni Uprising," veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn describes the native barbarous forces overcoming Iraq and the surrounding region, and the kind of society -- thanks in large part to the failed U.S. intervention there -- they look set to build. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 7, 2014
In a report that seemed to escape everyone's notice, Independent writer Patrick Cockburn describes the "spectacular resurgence of al-Qa'ida and its offshoots… despite the huge expansion of American and British intelligence services and their budgets after 9/11." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 19, 2014
Middle East reporter for the Independent Patrick Cockburn writes that the butchery could end now that the U.S. and Russia want it too. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 15, 2013
In reporting on decades of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Harper’s Magazine’s Washington editor fully uncovers a mass destruction and murder scheme on a Napoleonic scale. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 1, 2013
This week we honor those who retain their commitment to truth in the face of easy answers, incomplete reporting and official misinformation, such as former Rep. Dennis Kucinich.Amid lingering but narrowing uncertainty about what happened in Ghouta, we honor those who remain skeptical of power in all its forms and sympathetic to the welfare of others. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 12, 2013
The Syrian civil war has given rise to a wave of kidnappings and ransoms as desperate members of the opposition movement struggle to support themselves and their cause, Patrick Cockburn writes at The Independent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 31, 2013
"As a journalist, no one tells you something because they like the look of your face, generally," the Independent reporter told Truthdig in an exclusive interview "They tell you to further their own interests or the interests of their party""No one tells you something because they like the look of your face, generally," the Independent reporter told Truthdig". Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2013
In a sad farewell note to the country he spent a long time covering, reporter Patrick Cockburn describes how ordinary Syrians struggle to survive amid a seemingly interminable civil war stoked by foreign governments pursuing their own interests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 5, 2013
"The best hope for an end to the killing in Syria is for the United States and Russia to push both sides in the conflict to agree to a ceasefire in which each holds the territory it currently controls," Patrick Cockburn writes in The Independent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 31, 2013
Syrian rebel organizations inside the country have disowned their political leadership outside Syria, saying the exiled group does not represent them, and demanded that half of the leadership positions be filled with fighters within the nation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 5, 2013
After the deadliest month of political fighting in five years, Iraq appears to be sliding rapidly into a new civil war that "will be worse than Syria," leaders say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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