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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iraq
Freeing Fayza: A Journey to War-Torn Iraq to Rescue a Yazidi ISIL Slave Girl

Freeing Fayza: A Journey to War-Torn Iraq to Rescue a Yazidi ISIL Slave Girl

By: Brian Glyn Williams and Christopher Natola | (Informed Comment) | – – It began with an electrifying text message from a Yazidi member of […]

Juan Cole

Children
Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks

Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks

Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | – – After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a […]

Neil Thompson

Afghanistan
Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan

Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t — at […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria:  Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats

Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The unusual statement from the “White House” on Monday saying that there were indications that the […]

Juan Cole

Evolution
Turkey abandons High Tech Future by Banning Teaching of Evolution

Turkey abandons High Tech Future by Banning Teaching of Evolution

By James Williams | (The Conversation) | – – In the US there have been many attempts to expunge evolution from the school curriculm or […]

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Donald Trump
Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War

Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War

By Jim Lobe & Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio | ( FPIF) | First published in Lobelog | – – The possibilities for catastrophic miscalculation […]

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Corruption
How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam

How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When Saudi Arabia – which has been spearheading a coalition of […]

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Donald Trump
Why it Matters that the World thinks US under Trump is Laughingstock

Why it Matters that the World thinks US under Trump is Laughingstock

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pew Research Center has found that the confidence of the world public in the US willingness […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban

N. American Scholars of Mideast react to SCOTUS Decision on Trump Muslim Ban

Middle East Studies Association of North America | – – On Monday, June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued a limited stay in […]

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