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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Iran
Tehran Police say Iranian Women won't be arrested over Dress Code

Tehran Police say Iranian Women won’t be arrested over Dress Code

Middle East Monitor | – – TEHRAN, IRAN – JUNE 5: Iranian women perform as they train Far East Fighting Arts to be able to […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Saudi Arabia Killed 68 Yemeni Civilians in Just 1 Day: UN

Saudi Arabia Killed 68 Yemeni Civilians in Just 1 Day: UN

TeleSur | – – A United Nations top official said warring sides in Yemen, especially the Saudi-led coalition, have no regard for human life. The […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Russia: Permanent Bases planned in Syria to fight Terrorism

Russia: Permanent Bases planned in Syria to fight Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | – – The US military says that the number of ISIL fighters in eastern Syria has fallen from […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Egyptian parliament moves to make atheism a crime

Egyptian parliament moves to make atheism a crime

Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com The Egyptian parliament’s committee on religion has announced plans to make disbelief in God a crime. Under the current law against […]

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama tells Prince Harry how he felt after Donald Trump's inauguration (Video)

Barack Obama tells Prince Harry how he felt after Donald Trump’s inauguration (Video)

Prince Harry/ Barack Obama | (BBC News Video) | – – “Barack Obama opens up about how he felt after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US […]

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Donald Trump
Is Trump's threat to sacred Bears Ears like Taliban blowing up Buddhas?

Is Trump’s threat to sacred Bears Ears like Taliban blowing up Buddhas?

George Nicholas | (The Conversation) | – – For many archaeologists, one of the darkest moments in memory was the destruction of the fourth and […]

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Donald Trump
Trump “not welcome” in UK after Neo-Nazi retweets: London Mayor

Trump “not welcome” in UK after Neo-Nazi retweets: London Mayor

Middle East Monitor | – – Describing London as the city of “tolerance, acceptance and diversity”, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, however, on Wednesday said President […]

Juan Cole

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Chess is Universal; Saudi Arabia isn't: Women's Boycott, Israeli Lawsuit

Chess is Universal; Saudi Arabia isn’t: Women’s Boycott, Israeli Lawsuit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia under the hyper-active crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman is undertaking rapid changes in society […]

Juan Cole

China
Heating with Coal Takes 3 Years off Your Life: China Study

Heating with Coal Takes 3 Years off Your Life: China Study

Feng Hao | (ChinaDialogue) | – – Lives in northern China are shorter than in the south because of air pollution from heating, reports Feng Hao In […]

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