Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West and sometimes within it — who stands for them.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
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9/11 Suit Against Saudi Arabia Can Go to Trial
Information uncovered by plaintiffs undermined F.B.I.’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaeda hijackers.
Offensive Forces in Syria are Like Khmer Rouge
John Wight says the common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time, is Western foreign policy.
From ‘Jihadist’ Dearborn to Middle East’s ‘Insects’
Columns by Steven Stalinsky in The Wall Street Journal and Thomas Friedman in The New York Times offer case studies of unethical journalism, write Mischa Geracoulis and Heidi Boghosian.
‘Obama’s Man in Africa’
The ouster of the hopelessly corrupt Ali Bongo represents a particularly sharp rebuke of Obama, who groomed the Gabonese autocrat as one of his closest allies on the continent, writes Max Blumenthal.
When Will the Stars Align Again for Burkina Faso?
The Sahel coups are against conditions of life afflicting most of the region’s people, writes Vijay Prashad — conditions created by theft of sovereignty by multinationals and the old colonial ruler.
What Next After 20 Years of War in Afghanistan?
James W. Carden interviews scholar and journalist Anatol Lieven on the U.S. legacy and the Taliban’s Rise.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Moscow’s Difficult Decision on Idlib
Turkey’s leader, who nurses dreams of some kind of neo–Ottoman restoration across the Middle East, is now on a reckless tear.
The Sad Death of James Le Mesurier
He worked in a profession where you can very quickly move from an asset to a liability, writes Craig Murray.
By Protecting Syria’s Idlib, US Created Safe Haven for Baghdadi & ISIS
By claiming to kill self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S. officials have blown apart the regime-change propaganda about Idlib, writes Dan Cohen.