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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources

Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources

By IMEMC News | – – International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team | – – As every year, during the summer, the water shortage in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Google Sparks Outrage by Abolishing Palestine on Maps

Google Sparks Outrage by Abolishing Palestine on Maps

TeleSur | – – Google’s decision to wipe Palestine from its map app and portray the occupied territories as Israel sparks online protest campaign. Journalists […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire

Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The only thing worse than the new hero status of now-covert al-Qaeda operative Abu Muhammad al-Julani […]

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Japan
On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump

On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump

TeleSur | – – Donald Trump also recently asked a national security expert three times why, since the US has nuclear weapons, it can’t use […]

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Russia
Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?

Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?

By Abbas Djavadi | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to St. Petersburg on August 9 to meet with […]

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Climate Change
Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump

Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iowa gets 31% of its electricity from wind turbines, the highest percentage in the nation (though […]

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Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right

Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right

By Naomi Dann | Foreign Policy in Focus | (Originally published in Lobelog) Some see Democratic VP pick Tim Kaine as a promising counterbalance to […]

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Syria: Key ISIL Smuggling city, Manbij, falls to Kurd-Arab Force

Syria: Key ISIL Smuggling city, Manbij, falls to Kurd-Arab Force

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian War is nowhere near over, but the Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) episode may be drawing […]

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ISIL Captures Thousands trying to flee it in Iraq, Executes a Dozen

ISIL Captures Thousands trying to flee it in Iraq, Executes a Dozen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Oman Daily’s Jabbar al-Rubaie reports that Iraqi security sources announced yesterday that Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) […]

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