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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment

Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment

Doha (AFP) – The emir of wealthy Qatar flew to Turkey Wednesday to meet close ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an apparent show of […]

AFP

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Trump wouldn't have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress

Trump wouldn’t have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar, a refugee and a Somali-heritage Muslim woman who veils, has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s Fifth District […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods

Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods

Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods in retaliation for punitive sanctions by Washington against Ankara […]

AFP

Arms Sales
How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World

How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World

New York ( Tomdispatch.com) – American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between […]

William D. Hartung

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Women can Finally Drive, But are their Voices Being Heard?

Saudi Women can Finally Drive, But are their Voices Being Heard?

By Nermin Allam | – Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on women’s driving. The move is part of a series of […]

The Conversation

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Defying Trump, Iraq’s PM walks Back Pledge to Boycott Iran, says will avoid Dollar Trade

Defying Trump, Iraq’s PM walks Back Pledge to Boycott Iran, says will avoid Dollar Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi caretaker prime minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday walked back his pledge last week that Iraq would participate in the […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Is the US-Turkish Military Alliance Doomed?

Is the US-Turkish Military Alliance Doomed?

by Thomas WATKINS | – Washington (AFP) – The crisis in US-Turkish relations, which already has put Turkey’s economy under massive strain, also risks souring […]

AFP

Green Transportation
Elon Musk says in Talks with Saudis on Taking Tesla Private

Elon Musk says in Talks with Saudis on Taking Tesla Private

By Rob Lever | – Washington (AFP) – Tesla chief executive Elon Musk disclosed Monday that he was in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth […]

AFP

United Kingdom
UK Labour's Corbyn Refutes Netanyahu's Smears, Calls out Policy of Shooting Gaza Kids

UK Labour’s Corbyn Refutes Netanyahu’s Smears, Calls out Policy of Shooting Gaza Kids

London (Middle East Monitor) – Israel’s nation-state law discriminates against the country’s Palestinian minority, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Monday, Anadolu reports. Corbyn […]

Middle East Monitor

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