Middle East – Page 35 – People's World

Iran and U.S. cooperating on ISIS fight? Not as far-fetched as it seems

September 26, 2014 By Jamshid Ahmadi

Iraqi President Fuad Masum was asked whether it was U.S. airstrikes, with Iraqi fighters and Iranian militiamen, that helped liberate the town of Amerli. He confirmed that it was.

Turn away from death and destruction

July 23, 2014 By PW Editorial

Our government bears a heavy responsibility for all these horrors; it's time to push for peace and for a humane foreign policy that puts people before profits.

Israeli government lied, manipulated teens’ deaths, to wreck Palestinian unity

July 14, 2014 By Susan Webb

"Everybody knows now that Netanyahu and his co-bullies were aware the three young settlers were murdered on the first day they were kidnapped."

Palestinians and Israelis mourn together but crisis deepens

July 9, 2014 By Susan Webb

Hundreds of Israeli Jews visited the mourning family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Jerusalem on Tuesday to express condolences over the vicious killing of the Palestinian teenager last week.

How imperial “Great Loot” shaped Middle East tragedies

July 2, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

As Iraq tumbles into another war, it's important to remember why adding yet more warfare to the current crisis will perpetuate exactly what the "Great Loot" set out to do.