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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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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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Syria
Why doesn't Syria's biggest city have any Windows?

Why doesn’t Syria’s biggest city have any Windows?

AJ+ | – – “Five years of war has had a devastating effect on the Syrian city of Aleppo. With the constant threat of shelling […]

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Clash Looming?  Russia-backed Syrian Army heading for ISIL's al-Raqqa in race with US-backed Kurds

Clash Looming? Russia-backed Syrian Army heading for ISIL’s al-Raqqa in race with US-backed Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian Arab Army is advancing toward al-Raqqa city, the capital of the phony ISIS “caliphate,” […]

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Israel/ Palestine
4 Israelis dead, multiple injured in Tel Aviv market shooting

4 Israelis dead, multiple injured in Tel Aviv market shooting

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least four Israelis were killed and 10 injured in a shooting at the Sarona Market […]

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