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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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Trump is popular in Israel because of his tough policies towards the Palestinians

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Meet Amani:  A Palestinian Human Rights Defender

Meet Amani: A Palestinian Human Rights Defender

For Amani, being a Human Rights Defender means caring for others, “even if their needs don’t affect you.”

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Paradoxes of Women and Iran’s Islamic Republic: More Education but a hundred Glass Ceilings

Paradoxes of Women and Iran’s Islamic Republic: More Education but a hundred Glass Ceilings

If a woman is successful in a line of work like this, she’s fought very hard

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Turkey, NATO ally, Rejects US "Coup Attempt" in Venezuela

Turkey, NATO ally, Rejects US “Coup Attempt” in Venezuela

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is no surprise that Iran should be supporting the Venezuelan government of Maduro, given that both typically take anti-imperialist […]

Juan Cole

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Facebook takes Down Vast Iran-Led Manipulation Campaign

The operation dating back to as early as 2010 had 262 pages, 356 accounts

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Siege of Gaza producing "Grotesque" Medical Crisis: European Doctors

Israeli Siege of Gaza producing “Grotesque” Medical Crisis: European Doctors

“Israeli snipers have been firing military grade ammunition and maiming bullets at the border at unarmed demonstrators, killing 257 to date

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Israel/ Palestine
Spanish Firm Rejects Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railroad as Stealing Palestinian Land

Spanish Firm Rejects Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railroad as Stealing Palestinian Land

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF announced, on Friday, that it had refused to participate in a tender to build a section of […]

Maan News Agency

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Global Warming caused Enormous city-sized Hole discovered in Antarctic Glacier

Global Warming caused Enormous city-sized Hole discovered in Antarctic Glacier

In an academic paper in the journal Science Advances nestles a short sentence that at first glance is hard to detach from the specialist prose […]

Juan Cole

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Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

This time around, the U.S. is pretty much alone.

Conn M. Hallinan

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