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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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The March for Our Lives in Pictures: Massive Crowds Mourn Victims, Condemn Complicit Politicians

The March for Our Lives in Pictures: Massive Crowds Mourn Victims, Condemn Complicit Politicians

By Julia Conley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org ) | – – “Who here is going to vote in the 2018 election? If you listen real […]

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Omar Khayyam
For World Poetry Day, Verses Straight From Persia’s Heart

For World Poetry Day, Verses Straight From Persia’s Heart

By Salam Aleik | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – How might someone in Tajikistan, the only Persian-speaking republic in the former Soviet Union, describe a […]

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Can Isolationist Trump and Neocon NSC Pick Bolton really Get Along?

Can Isolationist Trump and Neocon NSC Pick Bolton really Get Along?

By Carl Schreck | ( RFE/RL) | – – While U.S. President Donald Trump has previously denounced “regime change” and “nation-building,” John Bolton, his choice […]

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censorship
Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Before phony polls, Egypt arrests, expels Times reporter Bel Trew

Middle East Monitor | – – Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said on Saturday, describing an “increasingly oppressive […]

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Climate Change
Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

Budget Bill: Even GOP Congress defies Trump on Green Energy Funding

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Emma Foehringer Merchant at Greentech Media reports that the GOP Congress defied Trump’s priorities on green […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Where did ISIL go?  Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Where did ISIL go? Is it regrouping for an Iraq Comeback?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The honeymoon is over: After celebrating victory over the extremist [so-called] Islamic State group, Iraqi security […]

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Iraq War
The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

The Ongoing Crushing Costs for Americans of the Iraq War

By Stephanie Savell | (Otherwords.org) | – – Americans spend $32 million per hour on wars started during the Bush administration. This March marked the […]

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Donald Trump
Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman bragged about his close relationship with Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to […]

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Let's call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just "Hawkish"

Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred […]

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