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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War
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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

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A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

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We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

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by Nada Awad | – The Israeli authorities forcibly transferred Palestinian Nadia Abu Jamal from Jerusalem in 2017, following the demolition of her family home […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu partners with Kahanist Terrorist Elements, seeking another Term

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Israel has evolved as an ethno-nationalist supremacist state that practices Jim Crow forms of discrimination

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PARIS (Ma’an) — France reportedly threatened to boycott the Eurovision song contest to be held in Tel Aviv, in southern Israel, as a form of […]

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Saudi Arabia
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Germany’s decision to freeze arms exports has also met with opposition from other European powers

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How Trump could End the disastrous Yemen War in Just Days if he Wanted To

Saudis don’t have the desire or the educational background for those jobs

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Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

Lindsey Graham to embattled SecDef on Syria Withdrawal: ‘Dumbest F*cking Idea’

Shanahan, asked if US troop presence in Syria would be zero by April 30, said “Yes, that’s been our direction”

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Israeli Assaults on Aqsa Mosque Worshipers Threaten Jerusalem Status Quo: Ashrawi

Israeli Assaults on Aqsa Mosque Worshipers Threaten Jerusalem Status Quo: Ashrawi

Raids of Israeli settlers inside the Holy Compound are willfully provoking anger

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