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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide
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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas spoke remotely to the UN General Assembly on Thursday because the Trump administration denied him a […]

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

09/26/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

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Iraq
End of the 'Caliphate' in Iraq?  After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance

End of the ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq? After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance

Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | – – The liberation of the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah from the [so-called] Islamic State group [IS] is a […]

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Free Syrian Army
As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds

As Truce Starts, Russia Tells Free Syrian Army to Stop Fighting Kurds

TeleSur | – – Moscow added it would continue its own air strikes against the Islamic State group and the militants formerly known as the […]

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Afghanistan
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?

What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have […]

Juan Cole

Books
A Nomad Between Worlds:  Badawi

A Nomad Between Worlds: Badawi

By Erdağ Göknar | (Los Angeles Review of Books) | – – MOHED ALTRAD’S DEBUT NOVEL Badawi begins in the Cold War–era Middle East, where […]

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Dissent
Shadows of Plutocracy darken over our Democracy in this Election

Shadows of Plutocracy darken over our Democracy in this Election

By Bill Moyers | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Sixty-six years ago this summer, on my 16th birthday, I went to work for the […]

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Millenarianism
The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism

The Millenarian Dimensions of the Attempted Coup in Turkey and implications for Muslim Modernism & Traditionalism

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has generated a whole range of debates on who […]

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Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire

Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hizbullah, the national guard for South Lebanon, announced Saturday that it supports the agreement on a truce […]

Juan Cole

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15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger to democracy. The great wars […]

Juan Cole

Islam
What's The Hajj About, Anyway?

What’s The Hajj About, Anyway?

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “The Hajj: It’s one of the biggest gatherings in the world, with millions of Muslims from everywhere making […]

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