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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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Iraq
Suicide Bombers + Secret Tunnels: ISIL Tactics On Fallujah’s Front lines

Suicide Bombers + Secret Tunnels: ISIL Tactics On Fallujah’s Front lines

Mustafa Habib | | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The battle for Fallujah will be long and hard. The Islamic State has prepared for […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Besieged Syrian Town Gets First Food Aid Since 2012

Besieged Syrian Town Gets First Food Aid Since 2012

TeleSur | – – “We call for unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to all people in need,” said a U.N. spokesperson. An international aid convoy […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's  Continuous Implementation of Apartheid Policies in Hebron

Israel’s Continuous Implementation of Apartheid Policies in Hebron

IMEMC | International Solidarity Movement | al-Khalil Team For more than seven months, Israeli forces have kept a staircase leading to Qurtuba school and the […]

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World More violent in past Year, but Middle East drives Deterioration

World More violent in past Year, but Middle East drives Deterioration

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 2016 Global Peace Index has been released, with the bad news that the world is […]

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Egypt
Nile Valley Water Conflict:  Can Egypt live with Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam?

Nile Valley Water Conflict: Can Egypt live with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam?

By Dale Whittington | (The Conversation) | – – The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, under construction on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian-Sudanese […]

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Militarization
The Iraq War isn't Over; it is waged here, in our Hospitals every Day

The Iraq War isn’t Over; it is waged here, in our Hospitals every Day

By Mark Wilkerson | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Memorial Day is over.  You had your barbeque.  Now, you can stop thinking about America’s […]

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racism
How Trump's Real and Actual Racism has Thrived

How Trump’s Real and Actual Racism has Thrived

By Todd Gitlin | ( BillMoyers.com) | – – Dana Milbank’s June 6 article in The Washington Post was aptly headlined, “Republicans finally discover that […]

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Democratic Party
Trump 'a thin-skinned racist bully':  Elizabeth Warren's Full Evisceration

Trump ‘a thin-skinned racist bully’: Elizabeth Warren’s Full Evisceration

Sen. Elizabeth Warren | (Video of American Constitution Convention Speech) | – – “Elizabeth Warren Endorses Hillary Clinton – VP Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren […]

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Authoritarianism
UN: Return Saudi-led Coalition to ‘List of Shame’  Secretary-General’s De-Listing Opens Door to Political Manipulation

UN: Return Saudi-led Coalition to ‘List of Shame’ Secretary-General’s De-Listing Opens Door to Political Manipulation

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – The United Nations secretary-general should immediately return the Saudi-led coalition to his “list of shame” for […]

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