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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

09/19/2025 By contributors

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Donald Trump
Crazytown Abroad: Trump's Dreams of  Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal

Crazytown Abroad: Trump’s Dreams of Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal

Trump on Bashar al-Assad: “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them.”

Juan Cole

China
Dragon Waiting: After Idlib, Will Beijing Bring Syria into its One Belt Network?

Dragon Waiting: After Idlib, Will Beijing Bring Syria into its One Belt Network?

As speculation grows that the Syrian army under the regime of Bashar al-Assad is preparing to strike at the Idlib de-escalation zone, the last piece […]

Neil Thompson

Muslim-Americans
Why is it Muslim Americans need Military Service to be Accepted as Americans?

Why is it Muslim Americans need Military Service to be Accepted as Americans?

(Mizan) – On October 19, 2008, a little over a fortnight before the November 4 election contested by Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, […]

Edward E. Curtis IV

Iran
Israel Won’t Rule out Bombing Iraq to get at Iran

Israel Won’t Rule out Bombing Iraq to get at Iran

FM Lieberman: “Our Freedom of Action is Total.”

AFP

Afghanistan
Parade!  How Trump Redefined Victory in Afghanistan as "Attacking our Enemies"

Parade! How Trump Redefined Victory in Afghanistan as “Attacking our Enemies”

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – 4,000,000,029,057. Remember that number. It’s going to come up again later. But let’s begin with another number entirely: 145,000 — as […]

Nick Turse

Donald Trump
Trump Gingerly, Politely begs Russia not to Do Syria Idlib Campaign, Pretty Please

Trump Gingerly, Politely begs Russia not to Do Syria Idlib Campaign, Pretty Please

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that President Trump is cautioning the Syrian regime against launching an all-out assault on the last remaining rebel […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey calls US ‘Wild Wolves,’ vows to Dump Dollar for Russia, Iran Trade

Turkey calls US ‘Wild Wolves,’ vows to Dump Dollar for Russia, Iran Trade

Erdogan’s visit to Kyrgyzstan seeks more Trade, Boycott of Gulen Movement

AFP

Iran
Iran FM in Syria for Talks ahead of Regime Offensive on rebel-held Idlib Province

Iran FM in Syria for Talks ahead of Regime Offensive on rebel-held Idlib Province

Damascus (AFP) – Iran’s foreign minister met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday in a surprise visit to Damascus ahead of a looming regime […]

AFP

Brazil
Corrupt Gov’t Kept slashing Nat’l Museum, Now Brazilian History up in Smoke

Corrupt Gov’t Kept slashing Nat’l Museum, Now Brazilian History up in Smoke

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described by […]

AFP

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