Middle East

Decision to bomb Syria was dangerous, deceptive

April 11, 2017 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

The U.S. has been at war in the Middle East continually since 2001. What will it take for our country to learn the limits of military force?

Israeli settlements continue as two-state solution slips away

April 10, 2017 By Mike Merryman-Lotze

Since Trump took office, the Israeli government has approved 6,000 new Israeli homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The U.S. response? Near silence.

Turkey’s President Erdogan seeks dictator-like power in referendum

April 6, 2017 By Conn Hallinan

Erdogan is out to dismantle Turkey’s political system and empower himself to dismiss parliament, control the judiciary, and rule by decree.

Are you watching Iraq? You should be

April 3, 2017 By Peter Certo

The U.S. has been bombing Iraq for decades now, creating more terrorists than it’s killed. Extremists are flourishing; the same can’t be said for civilians now burying their dead in Mosul.

Stability still eludes Iraq 14 years after U.S. invasion

March 23, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Terrorism, corruption, sectarian strife, and proxy wars - more than a decade after George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, the country still struggles to build a peaceful and democratic future.