Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 13, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting in Jedda with 10 Middle Eastern foreign ministers produced a communique Friday, but little more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 9, 2014
The Iraqi parliament finally voted in the government of new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday, in what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called a “turning point.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 14, 2014
According to a spokesman for his Da’wa Party (Islamic Call or Islamic Mission), Iraq’s prime minister-designate Haydar al-Abadi is preparing a platform on the basis of which he will see to form a new government; one of the planks is a joint Iraqi-international military push against the so-called Islamic State in Tikrit. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
Middle Eastern regional powers joined the U.S. in welcoming the appointment of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s next prime minister, creating a dorm full of strange bedfellows. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 11, 2014
The United States of America has no claim on the language of “humanitarian aid” to Iraq after what it did to that country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 9, 2014
During the Gulf War in early 1991, then-president George H. W. Bush called on Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 21, 2014
For the first time in nearly 2000 years, there are virtually no Christians in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 15, 2014
Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul as an “isolationist,” calling him “blind” to the danger of international “terrorism” and pointing especially to the rise of the so-called Islamic State in northern Iraq. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 7, 2014
To begin with, airstrikes killed seven and wounded 30 in Mosul on Sunday. But it isn’t clear who was flying the planes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 28, 2014
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday told BBC Arabic that he was buying used fighter jets from the Russian Federation and from Belorussia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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