Note to Washington: Hands Off the ‘New’ Arab Spring

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 2, 2019 America’s history of bungling in the Middle East suggests it should just sit this latest development out. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tunisian Children Pay for Jihadist Parents’ Sins

Hanene Zbiss / Truthdig Mar 18, 2019 About 200, most with their mothers, are locked in squalid camps and prisons in other countries, but Tunisia has refused to take them in. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

EU Sets Crisis Summit on Migration

LORNE COOK and NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Jun 23, 2018 European Union leaders will try to find common ground for tackling a growing political drama that is threatening to undermine the entire alliance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hundreds Arrested in Price Protests Across Tunisia

BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA / The Associated Press Jan 10, 2018 The government has been raising fuel prices and taxes on many products and services to reduce the country’s annual deficit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges of 2018

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 3, 2018 The U.S. faces a more favorable foreign policy environment than it has in some years. Ironically, some of the more severe challenges emanate from President Trump. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump Intervenes in the Civil War in Syria

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Apr 7, 2017 The likelihood is that Thursday's cruise missile attack was a one-off action rather than the beginning of a full-scale campaign. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

It’s Bombs Away for the USA in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2016 The United States has returned to aerial bombing in Libya on Islamic State sites, a mission that's almost guaranteed to spread more misery across North Africa. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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US-led Invasion of Libya Opened Up Massive Arsenals to Terrorists: Interview with Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 10, 2016 The destruction of Libya, Iraq and Syria as unified states generated Islamist radical groups in the Middle East, which create havoc, said investigative journalist Chris Hedges. This was caused by the invasion of outside forces, he added. Dig deeper

Michael Moore Says His New Movie Will Change America

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Feb 12, 2016 "Free universal health care, free university, free day care, taxing and policing hedge fund millionaires—have already happened in nearly every other industrialized country in the world! And I have the evidence—and the film—to prove it!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: COP21 Climate Conference: In Conversation With an Activist for Migrant Rights

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 10, 2015 Reporting for Truthdig from Paris, Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with migrant-rights activist Arturo Trejo about Wednesday's rally against the criminalization of migration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Keep the U.S. Military Out

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Oct 21, 2015 This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011” -- the opposite of what the US did. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )