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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla
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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain announced that it would dispatch a rescue ship to be […]

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

09/25/2025 By The Conversation

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Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America

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Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims

Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In an attempt at a foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, Donald Trump attempted […]

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Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump

Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump

Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American woman athlete to compete in the Olympics wearing the hijab or Muslim head-covering, is a fatal complication to Donald Trump’s […]

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2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed

2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two out of five Palestinian youth were unemployed during the first quarter of 2016, according to […]

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Syria
10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School

10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School

TeleSur | – – The Saudi-led coalition admitted children were at the site of the airstrike but jets “don’t distinguish ages” during attacks. At least […]

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People in Syria's Manbij Rejoice by Shaving, throwing off Veil as ISIL fighters Flee

People in Syria’s Manbij Rejoice by Shaving, throwing off Veil as ISIL fighters Flee

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – People in Syria’s norther town of Manbij, now entirely liberated from the rule of Daesh (ISIS, […]

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Africa
Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands

Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, (IPS) – Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while […]

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ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe

ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | AP is reporting that Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland maintains that the number of ISIL fighters in Syria and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Monsters to Destroy:  Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War

Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The interventionist temptation, muted since the Iraq imbroglio, is now returning. Sec. Clinton’s team are already […]

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If the Military had Permission to Speak Freely:  They might rescue us from the Politicians' Forever War

If the Military had Permission to Speak Freely: They might rescue us from the Politicians’ Forever War

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The United States is now engaged in perpetual war with victory nowhere in sight.  Iraq […]

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