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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Syria
Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

More than 920,000 people were displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018

Nina Larson

Immigration
Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

Nevermind the Wall — They’re Building Warehouses for Refugee Children

The newest plank of immigration enforcement? Kidnapping children and piling them into detention centers.

Peter Certo

Displaced and Refugees
“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

“Death Sentence:” Dems Slam Sessions’ Denial of Asylum to Gang, Abuse Victims

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Monday that victims of domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum

Paul Handley

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

Israel’s Everyday Economic Violence Toward Palestinians in Gaza

We cannot wait for the next massacre to call out the insidious economic violence being waged on Palestinians

Harry Blain

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After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

After What Trump did to Iran and Canada, why Should N Korea trust Talks with Him?

His word is meaningless

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

Crackpot Anti-Muslim Bigotry takes over the US Government

The far-right project of mainstreaming Islamophobia has proven successful, at least in part due to media complicity

Arnold R. Isaacs

Yemen
Saudi-led Attack on Yemen's Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Saudi-led Attack on Yemen’s Hudaydah Port Could Cost 250,000 Lives: UN

Clashes between troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthis intensified near Yemen’s Hudaydah over the weekend

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Amid Gaza Health Crisis, Israeli Army Shoots Medical Workers in Demonstrations

Gaza Heath Crisis Reaches All Its Residents

Michelle Lonnquist

Climate Change
Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil:  You're Going to Hell if You don't Go Green

Shorter Pope Francis to Big Oil: You’re Going to Hell if You don’t Go Green

Pope Francis on Saturday forthrightly reminded Big Oil that climate change is a moral issue

Juan Cole

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