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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Putin:  ISIL Defeated; "Right" for "unneeded"  US Military to Depart Syria

Putin: ISIL Defeated; “Right” for “unneeded” US Military to Depart Syria

Russia: Trump’s withdrawal decision would return the US to the fold of international legitimacy

Juan Cole

Yemen
3.5 Million People Flee Homes Across Yemen

3.5 Million People Flee Homes Across Yemen

(Middle East Monitor) – Around 3.5 million people across Yemen have fled their homes due to the conflict in the country, the head of Turkish […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army Snipers Kill Palestinian Teen, shoot 40 others in Gaza Protests

Israeli Army Snipers Kill Palestinian Teen, shoot 40 others in Gaza Protests

Palestinian protesters had gathered at the eastern borders of Gaza

Maan News Agency

Afghanistan
With US Troop Pull-Out, Afghans Fear Return to Taliban Era

With US Troop Pull-Out, Afghans Fear Return to Taliban Era

President Ghani said last month nearly 30,000 Afghan security forces had been killed since the start of 2015

Allison Jackson

Kurds
Erdogan Vows to Destroy Leftist Kurdish YPG Militia – a US Ally – in Syria

Erdogan Vows to Destroy Leftist Kurdish YPG Militia – a US Ally – in Syria

By Ezzedine Said with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed to drive out […]

AFP

Qur'an
Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

The war ended with the rise of a movement with a radical peace message and that movement was Islam.

Juan Cole

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Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): Official Washington was horrified at the resignation on Thursday of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who wrote Trump a letter (below) […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump and Erdogan “agreed to ensure more effective cooperation” on Syria

Francesco Fontemaggi

Pentagon
The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

During the first 20 years of the drug interdiction program, the U.S. detained around 200 individuals per year on board ships.

Karen J. Greenberg

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