Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hope to win back their position as a major force in this month's regional elections after a string of military and political setbacks last year.
The House on Wednesday approved legislation aimed at reaffirming the U.S. commitment to Israel's security, in a unanimous vote that left no doubt where members of both parties stand on the issue.Members approved the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, H.R. 413 …
There are many problems with the cycle of violence frame, not the least of which is that it does not actually describe the situation. Scholars who carefully tracked violence during the Second Intifada, for example, “found little evidence to suggest there is a cycle of vio …
Hamas security forces wearing masks and wielding batons and rifle butts forcibly "dissolved" a protest against the "suppression of freedom" in Gaza.Thursday's rally was staged by Gaza residents and supporters from Egypt decrying the Hamas administration's systemic repression of …
In a remote part of Afghanistan early last year, a girl was sentenced to death. Her crime was possession of a cellphone. Her executioners were to be her brothers. They suspected her of talking on the phone with a boy. The girl, in her late teens, had dishonored the family, her …
We are told to always and with out fail look at the good, to find common cause with our fellow man. There are a thousand points of light in this world that we share it's said. What is unfortunately left unsaid, is that there is a concerted effort made b …
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