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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Iraq
Now Iraq is regularly bombing Syria . . . to Blast ISIL Remnants

Now Iraq is regularly bombing Syria . . . to Blast ISIL Remnants

Iraqi warplanes carried out a raid Sunday targeting Islamic State group commanders in eastern Syria

AFP

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Syria: Did E. Ghouta Gas Reports cause Rebels to surrender en masse in Homs, Hama?

Syria: Did E. Ghouta Gas Reports cause Rebels to surrender en masse in Homs, Hama?

Reports of regime use of gas at Douma may have influenced the rebels’ decision

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria: Why tales of a western ‘regime change plot’ don’t make sense

Syria: Why tales of a western ‘regime change plot’ don’t make sense

The 2011 uprising was a genuine expression of popular discontent, not a conspiracy

Brian Whitaker

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Forces injure 40 Palestinians on 6th Friday of Gaza protests

Israeli Forces injure 40 Palestinians on 6th Friday of Gaza protests

At least 40 Palestinians were injured on Friday

Maan News Agency

Yemen
Saudi-led War on Yemen risks causing Millions of New Cholera Cases

Saudi-led War on Yemen risks causing Millions of New Cholera Cases

War-torn Yemen risks a resurgence of cholera that could infect millions as the rainy season advances, researchers warned Friday

AFP

Elections
Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

Muntazer Zaidi famously threw his shoes at former President Bush in protest of the U.S. invasion of his country

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
PEN Int'l ‘strongly condemns’ Israel court’s jailing of Palestinian for Writing Poetry

PEN Int’l ‘strongly condemns’ Israel court’s jailing of Palestinian for Writing Poetry

PEN International has slammed the conviction of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, who was prosecuted by Israeli authorities for three social media posts, including a poem

Middle East Monitor

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Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

Dear Trump: The Hugest Solar Plant in the New World is in Mexico, not the US

The president’s promises to revive the coal industry stand in stark contrast with Mexico’s plan to move toward renewables

Juan Cole

Iran
Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Shrouded In Mystery: Mummified Body Could Be That Of Iran’s Reza Shah

Speculation that a body found near the Iranian capital might be that of Reza Shah has stoked interest in the country’s pre-revolutionary past

Golnaz Esfandiari

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