By Mitchell Plitnick / Mondoweiss U.S. President Donald Trump seems to have largely moved on from Iran and is now setting his sights on instituting a broader new order in…
Israel and its neoconservative allies in the United States have long attempted to start a war with Iran, a war that neither Israel nor the U.S. can win and will…
By Schuyler Mitchell / Truthout Project Esther isn’t just about Palestine. Crafted by the Heritage Foundation — the same far right organization behind Project 2025 — the playbook purports to…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of…
By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com Following the third round of negotiations between US and Iranian officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the talks were “much more serious” than before…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tara Copp at AP reports that the Trump administration will withdraw some of the 2000 troops now based in…
The threat comes after US intelligence agencies reaffirmed that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon
Reports of sectarian killings and ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians continue to emerge as Ahmad al-Sharaa's new government seeks to exert control over the country
By Stavroula Pabst / Responsible Statecraft As Islamist, al-Qaida-linked group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) overruns Syria amid President Assad’s sudden ouster, evidence suggesting Ukraine has assisted the group’s triumph…
Reports of celebrations in Damascus, but also uncertainty about the future
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The strategic situation in Syria is dire for the Baathist government of Bashar al-Assad. Typically in military history, if…
HTS rebels reportedly advancing south toward Hama
