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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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Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Iraq Election Winner Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Militias to Disarm

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm

Middle East Monitor

Immigration
Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year

TeleSur

China
With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council

China’s regional security summit with Iran and Russia stood in stark contrast to the contentious G7

Becky Davis

Environment
Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

Grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia

Jenny Vaughan

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers  Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

At least 525 Palestinians have been wounded on the Gaza border by Israeli occupation forces

Middle East Monitor

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Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain was the only major American celebrity who succeeded in depicting publicly the Palestinians as rational, caring human beings

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump has shown his disdain for organizations where American leadership was once a given

Aurelia End

Donald Trump
G7 Views Trump's US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a "G6" Memo

G7 Views Trump’s US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a “G6” Memo

Trump’s 17th century mercantilist trade policies are making the United States the skunk at the party at the G7 meet in Quebec on Friday

Juan Cole

Iraq
Widespread Fraud?  Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

Widespread Fraud? Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

By Omar al-Kateb Baghdad (AFP) – Iraq’s parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw […]

AFP

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