Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Foreign Affairs Reporter, HuffPost
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Europe Pulls Together As The Far-Right Fumbles The Moment
Ultra-nationalists fell short of a blowout in European Parliament elections and voters signaled they don't want to end the European Union.
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House Vote Forces Likely Trump Veto To Shield Saudi Arabia
Both chambers of Congress have now passed historic legislation to end the U.S. role in the war in Yemen — a major win for anti-war lawmakers and activists.
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GOP Wants To Politicize Anti-Semitism To Help Trump, Saudis. Jewish Groups Push Back.
In February, Republicans used a surprise vote on language condemning anti-Semitism to hinder legislation on U.S. intervention in Yemen.
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'Dual Loyalty' Is A Slur ― One Muslims Face All The Time
Rep. Ilhan Omar is today's target, but Muslim politicians are regularly accused of being "un-American" on issues like Israel.
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Schumer Compares Rep. Ilhan Omar To Trump As Top Democrats Echo GOP’s Criticism
At the pro-Israel conference, Democratic leaders are helping the Republicans' claim that the left has turned against Israel and toward anti-Semitism.
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2020 Dems Keep Their Distance From Pro-Israel AIPAC Conference
Activists successfully pushed the candidates over the gathering's hard-right tilt, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats are still going.
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Islamophobia Is A Global Crisis -- And It’s Time We View It That Way
The attack in New Zealand shows the problem is only getting worse, as anti-Muslim rhetoric has emboldened extremists across the globe.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Wanted To Discuss Palestine. Here's What's Happened There Since.
Israeli soldiers have killed two Palestinians just this week.
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House Votes Against Saudi Military Support In Yemen
After years of hitting Republican roadblocks, Democrats advanced a bill to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s deadly campaign.
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Tulsi Gabbard Claims To Be Anti-War After Accepting Over $100,000 From Arms Dealers
Lockheed Martin and Boeing were two of Gabbard's largest donors during the 2016 election cycle.
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Passenger Confronts GOP Congressman Over Flying First Class During Shutdown
"Do you think it's appropriate?" he asked the lawmaker. "Taking that as a yes."
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Don't Count The Kurds Out Yet
Trump's Syria pullout endangers the Kurds, Arabs and Christians who've fought ISIS — but they've got more on their minds than U.S. policy.
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Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 Plan Threatens The New Left Foreign Policy Of Sanders And Warren
The Hawaii congresswoman claims to represent the rising left but has ties to authoritarianism and Islamophobia abroad.
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Saudi Arabia Fears Critics Like Hasan Minhaj. But They'll Only Get Louder.
The kingdom's decision to ban an episode of Minhaj's Netflix show comes after months of Saudi attacks on the first Muslim U.S. congresswomen.
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Trump Pins Syria Hopes On Turkish Leader Close To Putin And Wary Of U.S. Allies
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "will eradicate whatever is left of ISIS," Trump claimed. But analysts and U.S. officials blame Erdogan for letting extremists gain ground in the first place.
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Democrats Against Military Interventions Cautiously Praise Trump On Afghanistan
But if the troop pullout proceeds amid Trump-style chaos, advocates for a less hawkish foreign policy could face a big setback.
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Senators Vote To End U.S. Support For Saudi Arabia In Bloody Yemen War, Despite GOP Objections
Another resolution blames the Saudi crown prince for the death of Jamal Khashoggi — the first time any U.S. government entity has declared that publicly.
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5 Democrats Bail Out Paul Ryan And Protect Saudi Arabia
Reps. Jim Costa, Al Lawson, Collin Peterson, Dutch Ruppersberger and David Scott helped the GOP ensure the House won't consider a companion bill to anti-Saudi legislation soon expected to pass the Senate.
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Trump Likes The US-Saudi Status Quo. Thanks To The CIA, Congress Wants It Upended.
Despite heavy White House pressure, U.S. intelligence officials did their job when it came to investigating Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
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Big Senate Majority Rebukes Trump Administration, Saudi Arabia Over Yemen War
The win for the effort from Sens. Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy and Mike Lee is the first majority vote in Congress to end the 3-year-old U.S. policy in Yemen.