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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines

Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines

TeleSur | – – The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli former Minister Cancels Belgium Visit fearing Arrest for Gaza War Crimes

Israeli former Minister Cancels Belgium Visit fearing Arrest for Gaza War Crimes

IMEMC News | – – Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has reportedly cancelled her trip to Belgium, according to the PNN, over threats of […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump to al-Sisi:  Syria's al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man (Beirut Report)

Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man (Beirut Report)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Diyar (The Lands) [Beirut] reports on what Egyptian officials allegedly leaked about the telephone conversation between […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu vows Israeli squatter settlement expansion in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Netanyahu vows Israeli squatter settlement expansion in Palestinian E. Jerusalem

Ma’an News | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised his far-right government on Sunday that he would lift all restrictions […]

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Authoritarianism
Your Presidency Sucks: The Republican Party and its Orange Bunny

Your Presidency Sucks: The Republican Party and its Orange Bunny

By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – When the late Roger Ebert saw director Vincent Gallo’s film The Brown Bunny at the Cannes […]

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Donald Trump
Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump

Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump

TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf Arab allies are happy to see Obama leave office as President Donald Trump would be […]

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Saudi Arabia
Will Saudi Reforms be enough to Forestall big Trouble ahead?

Will Saudi Reforms be enough to Forestall big Trouble ahead?

By Bernard Haykel | (Project Syndicate) | – – In 2017, Saudi Arabia will continue to pursue two key goals: to reduce its economy’s dependence […]

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Iraq
Kurds Will Come Together to Discuss Independence With Baghdad

Kurds Will Come Together to Discuss Independence With Baghdad

TeleSur | – – Kurdish independence “is a reality that will come true,” said Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. Kurdish […]

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CIA
Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq's Oil

Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with the US intelligence community, in part over their […]

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