The dramatic shift Washington's vis-à-vis the city triggered demonstrations in Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.. ..…
Arafat then had great hopes for Saddam Husayn of Iraq, who opportunistically exploited Palestinian frustrations to build up his Arab popularity in the wake of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. ... Arafat lost a major source of funding for his organization from Iraq, and..…
The left opposes the U.S. war in Iraq and U.S. imperialism in general, and expresses solidarity with the Palestinians. ..…
Major General Qassem Soleimani, who commands Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Qassem Soleimani of Iran says Islamic Republic does not seek materialistic interests in supporting Iraq and Syria, and Palestinian cause... When we entered Iraq, we did..…
One of the biggest was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arabs, many Europeans and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan thought that conflict, and not Iraq, represented the most pressing security threat in the Middle East. ..…
The advance of democratic institutions in Iraq is setting an example that others, including the Palestinian people, would be wise to follow. ..…
Rather, it was clear at an early meeting with his national security advisers, soon after he took office, that a post-Hussein Iraq was already a priority for him. . Much of that meeting dealt with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, participants said. ..…
Between 1900 and 2010, the number of Christians in the region including Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestinian territories grew from 1.6 million to 7.5 million. ..…
Such posturing is contradicted by actual U.S. policy--at the same time he claims to defend Iraqis against ISIS, he is backing Israel's state terrorism against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. . . A US war plane flying over Iraq Rhetoric aside, Obama has a clear imperial agenda. ..…
In the Middle East and North Africa, majorities or substantial minorities in most countries – including Tunisia, Morocco, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Iraq – believe that it is possible to interpret Islam’s teachings in multiple ways. ..…