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UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia
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UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia

Juan Cole

The bad news is that in October and November 2025, “the majority of the population continued to face high levels of acute food insecurity

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1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes

1/4 of Syrian Expat Refugees Have Returned, but many to Destroyed Homes, Land Disputes

12/20/2025 By The Conversation

Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes

Israel’s Airstrikes on Lebanese Reconstruction Equipment, Factories are War Crimes

12/20/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Opposition leader Avi Gabbay has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down over reports that he spied on security officials

Middle East Monitor

Spain
Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Sanchez, a 46-year-old economist with no government experience, will take the oath of office at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) before King Felipe VI

AFP

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

Juan Cole

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In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

Baghdad (Niqash.org) – Locals in Al Qaim, Anbar, worry that the current stable security situation can’t last. It’s being upheld by US troops and Iran-allied […]

Mustafa Habib

Syria
Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the […]

AFP

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Don't forget to Duck!  Advice to College Graduates in the Trump Apocalypse

Don’t forget to Duck! Advice to College Graduates in the Trump Apocalypse

For those entering the workforce in 2018, the future looks grim

Tom Engelhardt

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Schoolboy's Angst over School Shootings chokes up Sarah Sanders, who offers a "Commission" (Video)

Schoolboy’s Angst over School Shootings chokes up Sarah Sanders, who offers a “Commission” (Video)

The White House press secretary appeared to become emotional when answering a question about the danger facing children in schools

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Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico's 5,740 Death Toll?

Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico’s 5,740 Death Toll?

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the scope of the calamity

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran gives French Oil Giant a Deadline for Choosing between its NatGas or Trump

Iran gives French Oil Giant a Deadline for Choosing between its NatGas or Trump

Iran’s oil minister on Wednesday gave French energy giant Total 60 days to win a sanctions waiver from Washington

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