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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Donald Trump

Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

05/14/2025 By Karen J. Greenberg

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ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to […]

Juan Cole

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Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he "knew what he was getting into"

Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he “knew what he was getting into”

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said that she was in the car when President Trump called the widow […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

By Ryan Gabrielson | ( ProPublica ) | – – ProPublica review adds fuel to a longstanding worry about the nation’s highest court: The justices […]

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Afghanistan
"Tell me how this Ends"- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn't

“Tell me how this Ends”- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn’t

Will we bequeath Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Korea to our Grandchildren?

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Donald Trump
3 ways Trump's nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran's Mood

3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood

Iranian public opinion rejects further sanctions and is ready to walk away from deal

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Donald Trump
No, It Wasn't Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

France
France's Macron slams Trump 'Bad Policy' by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade

France’s Macron slams Trump ‘Bad Policy’ by Mulling Iran Visit, Seeking Trade

TeleSur Macron’s visit to Iran would be the first by a French head of state or government since 1976. Widening transatlantic divisions are coming into […]

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Addiction
Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?

Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?

Colorado experiment yielding evidence

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Development
Morocco's Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment

Morocco’s Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment

Concentrating Solar becoming engine of development, according to World Bank

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