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

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Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

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Europe
France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

Can depending on consumer-generated panels do the trick?

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Free Syrian Army
Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

ISIL or ISIS facing final days as holder of territories as Damascus reclaims al Mayadeen

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Elbaradei:  Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from […]

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art and photography
Painting of the Day:  “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Safavid Miniature by Riza-yi Abbasi of Isfahan

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Displaced and Refugees
More civilian Airstrike Deaths under Trump than in 8 years of Obama

More civilian Airstrike Deaths under Trump than in 8 years of Obama

More civilian deaths under first 7 months of Trump than in entire Obama Administration

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Iraq
Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border

Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border

Kurds say Shiite militias heading for Kirkuk

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Donald Trump
Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Foreign Minister warns that Europe will take the Russian and Chinese side on the Iran issue against the USA

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Democracy
Could Kurdish Secession bid derail Iraq's Democracy?

Could Kurdish Secession bid derail Iraq’s Democracy?

Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – In Baghdad, the Kurdish referendum has dominated all other official proceedings. Lack of progress on electoral […]

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