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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise
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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going […]

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

06/01/2025 By Juan Cole

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

06/01/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday night described the deepening Syrian refugee […]

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Trump intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria

Trump intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian Civil War has a domestic, a regional and an international dimension. Domestically, it has […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Trump Straining to bring back Torture, Indefinite Detention?

Trump Straining to bring back Torture, Indefinite Detention?

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When George W. Bush and Dick Cheney launched their forever wars — under the banner of […]

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Donald Trump
Kushner of Arabia:  Can Trump's Son-in-Law Figure out Iraq?

Kushner of Arabia: Can Trump’s Son-in-Law Figure out Iraq?

By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – Days before President Donald J. Trump ordered cruise missile strikes on Syria, his son-in-law Jared Kushner […]

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Acidification of Oceans
We are heading for the warmest climate in half a billion years

We are heading for the warmest climate in half a billion years

By Gavin Foster, Dana Royer, and Dan Lunt | (The Conversation) | – – Carbon dioxide concentrations are heading towards values not seen in the […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Washington's Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths

Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Army in Idlib is an atrocity and the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Bannon booted from US National Security Council, takes swipe at Susan Rice

Bannon booted from US National Security Council, takes swipe at Susan Rice

TeleSur | – – “General McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function,” Bannon said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, […]

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Bill of Rights
As Trump Breaks it, Top Ten Things we need to do to Fix America

As Trump Breaks it, Top Ten Things we need to do to Fix America

By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | – – Let me suggest what seem to me to be the major categories of challenges men […]

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Climate Change Solutions Can’t Wait for Trump

Climate Change Solutions Can’t Wait for Trump

By Desmond Brown | (Inter Press Service) | – – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (IPS) – From tourism-dependent nations like Barbados to those rich with natural resources […]

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