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Middle East
How the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Led to Chaos in Syria
Dec 13, 2024 Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups.
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Rojava’s Elections Defy Turkish Bombs and U.S. Indifference
Jun 17, 2024 After defeating ISIS and establishing a multiethnic democracy, the Kurdish-majority statelet goes to the polls.
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Balochistan Finds Its Voice
Feb 19, 2024 In Pakistan and Iran, a grassroots women-led movement gives hope to millions of stateless people.
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The ISIS Prison Camps the World Forgot
Nov 6, 2023
Books
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?
Aug 9, 2023 Matthew Broomfield has reported from Kurdish-led North and East Syria. He reviews Dilar Dirik’s study on the Kurdish Women’s Movement.
Global Voices
Iranians Find Nothing to Celebrate
Feb 13, 2023 Despite a government offer of partial amnesty, the “Woman-Life-Freedom” protests continue.
Middle East
Woman Life Freedom
Dec 7, 2022 In the towns of Kurdistan, the regime’s security forces not only use bullets and gas in the streets, but shoot people inside their homes and cars.2023 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Gender and Society
Iraq Parliament Votes to Expel U.S. Military
Jan 5, 2020 The resolution is backed by most Shiite members of parliament; many Sunni and Kurdish legislators apparently are opposed.
Why a Russian Politician Just Called Trump ‘Hitler’
Nov 7, 2019 Russian Member of Parliament Alexander Vershin recalls that the Nazi leader launched invasions with the same goal as the U.S. president.
The Enemy Within
Nov 4, 2019 The deep state, which is orchestrating the impeachment of Donald Trump, is the most ominous threat to democracy.