Long-standing crises in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, and Iran are deepening as the U.S. imprint on the Middle East shows no signs of weakening.
Israel’s use of 80 bunker-buster bombs to assassinate Hasan Nasrallah has raised concerns that it is using depleted uranium in its bombardment of Lebanon. We need an impartial investigation given Israel’s track record of using prohibited weapons.
The U.S. government threatens further regional violence on the heels of drone attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. Human rights groups slam countries for pulling funding for UNRWA as Palestinians in Gaza face famine and starvation.
The instability in the Middle East cannot be overstated as the region stands on the precipice. It all stems from Israel’s ongoing slaughter in Gaza and the Biden administration’s blind support of it.
In recent weeks the U.S. has seen the biggest anti-war protests since the Iraq War, but you wouldn’t know this from watching mainstream media.
The wait is over for a brilliant, comprehensive account of the last two decades in Iraq. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written a masterpiece.
Michael Arria on the legacy of Madeleine Albright, and an interview with Palestine Legal’s Zoha Khalili about the group’s 2021 year-in-review report.
Madeleine Albright’s honest appraisal of Iraq sanctions highlighted the brutality of U.S. foreign policy
Madeleine Albright has died at the age of 84. She will be most remembered for a moment of candor in a 1996 television interview that is still shocking 26 years after it first aired.