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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

10/12/2025 By Shamai Leibowitz

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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Iran’s Bizarre Prosecution and Torture of . . . Environmentalists?

Detainees Allege Torture in Detention

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Climate Crisis
The Age of Environmental Breakdown:  We need the Green New Deal Now!

The Age of Environmental Breakdown: We need the Green New Deal Now!

The emergency is the “extent, severity, pace and closing window of opportunity to avoid potentially catastrophic outcomes”

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journalism
BBC Demands Review After Cameraman Attacked when Trump Whips Mob into anti-Press Frenzy

BBC Demands Review After Cameraman Attacked when Trump Whips Mob into anti-Press Frenzy

his cameraman was pushed and shoved by the unidentified assailant “after the president repeatedly goaded the crowd over supposed media bias.”

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel orders 300 Palestinians to Leave own Homes in Tubas for Military Exercise

Israel orders 300 Palestinians to Leave own Homes in Tubas for Military Exercise

TUBAS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces ordered, on Tuesday, for 50 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley to evacuate their homes on Wednesday to make […]

Maan News Agency

Climate Change
Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Hurricane Michael last year wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, which will cost more than $5 billion to rebuild.

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Iran: 'If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;' Israel: 'You do that and Iran is Toast'

Iran: ‘If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;’ Israel: ‘You do that and Iran is Toast’

Both of these politicians are behaving like five year olds

Juan Cole

Qatar
Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

“This platform will include cooperation in different areas between the two countries, including defence security”

AFP

Pollution
No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

The recent collapse, for example, of many bird species in France was traced to the use insecticides

Marlowe Hood

Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

It was discovered that several areas that were thought to have been state lands were never seized by Israel

Maan News Agency

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