IS planning to step up attacks in Iraq's 'fragile regions'

Attacks have already increased sharply, mostly confined to the territory separating the Kurdistan Region from the rest of Iraq, following the US withdrawal in late September

Rustum Mahmud

Fanning the Flame

[caption id="attachment_55234153" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A young protester holds a placard saying 'We love Prophet' during a protest against the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" in…

Bryan R. Gibson

Roots of the Arab Uproar

[caption id="attachment_55234090" align="alignnone" width="620"] Angry protests in the Middle East over a US made film mocking the prophet Muhammed[/caption]The first thing to do when you find…

Stephen Glain

Kilim

[caption id="attachment_55234048" align="alignnone" width="620"] A huge blast rocks central Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar, on September 6, 2012.[/caption] Kilim [Kih-LIM] n. 1. A weaving…

Nicholas Birch

Pointing the Finger

[caption id="attachment_55234055" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan [/caption] hedef göstermek [heh-DEF geuh-stair-MEK] v. to denounce, to point the finger…

Nicholas Birch

Syria’s Future and Iran’s Great Game

[caption id="attachment_55234037" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former vice president of Syria, Abdul Halim Khaddam, pictured at his Paris residence in 2006. Source: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty[…

Andrew Bowen

Eleven Years after 9/11

[caption id="attachment_55234001" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York[/caption] The Icarus Syndrome…

Andrew Bowen

Manifest Destiny

[caption id="attachment_55233975" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A girl listens to Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan speak at Westlake Recreation Center on September 4,…

Stephen Glain

The Unknowable Candidate

[caption id="attachment_55233961" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Mitt Romney greets supporters during a campaign rally at Union Terminal on September 1, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio[/caption]Watching…

Political Editor: Majalla

Islamophobia in the United States

[caption id="attachment_55233946" align="alignnone" width="475"] (credit: CAIR, UC Berkeley)[/caption]I recommend to readers a special edition published recently in The Nation on Islamophobia in the…

Stephen Glain