Iran Makes Inroads in the Cradle of Iraqi Christianity
The Babylon Brigade.
December 28, 2017
Iran Makes Inroads in the Cradle of Iraqi Christianity
The Babylon Brigade.
Within days of its September 25 referendum on independence, much of Kurdistan was overrun by the Iraqi army and a collection of mostly Shiite militias known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). Although sporadic fighting has continued since then, recently the army and the PMUs have gained control of the Nineveh Plains, an area that Kurdish leaders hope will be part of their independent state and that is the heartland of Iraq’s Christian population. A group called the Babylon Brigade has played a key role in subduing the area—and this, Yousif Kalian explains, should worry Washington:
December 28, 2017
The Longstanding American Appreciation of Jerusalem’s Uniqueness
William Seward and “the builders and founders of the city.”
How Israel Should Approach Austria’s Right-Wing Populist Government
Jerusalem must deal with the Freedom party pragmatically.
For the Talmud, the Translation of the Bible into Greek Was a National Tragedy. Azariah de Rossi Disagreed
The eighth, and the tenth, of Tevet.
A Century-Old Archive of Lost Klezmer Recordings from Russia
Untouched for decades in England.