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A Middle East without Nukes
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A Middle East without Nukes

Fariba Amini

“You can’t bomb away the knowledge”  -John Kerry Marg bar means death to… It was chanted after the hostage crisis.  Marg bar America.  Death to […]

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

06/26/2025 By Common Dreams

Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll

Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll

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The Saudi-Russian Oil Price Freeze is about Power, not Money

The Saudi-Russian Oil Price Freeze is about Power, not Money

By Nafis Alam | (The Conversation) | – – Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s two most powerful oil producers, have reached a tentative agreement […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Sewage, clean Water provided to Palestinian village by EU after 49 yrs of Israeli Rule

Sewage, clean Water provided to Palestinian village by EU after 49 yrs of Israeli Rule

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamallah and European Union representative Ralph Tarraf on Sunday laid the pave-stone […]

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Arab World
Mideast Arms Purchases Continue Despite Falling Oil Prices, Austerity

Mideast Arms Purchases Continue Despite Falling Oil Prices, Austerity

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 2016 (IPS) – The continued decline in oil prices is threatening […]

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Kurds
Arab Youth join socialist Syrian Kurdish militia to fight ISIL

Arab Youth join socialist Syrian Kurdish militia to fight ISIL

TeleSur | – – The news comes amid rising tensions between the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia and Arabs in Syria. The “first group of Arab fighters” […]

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Islam
Gianna Toboni's Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)

Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)

A brief report on western views towards Muslims and Islam following the Paris attacks

Nicholas Kolenda

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As Syrian Army advances East of Aleppo, ISIL strikes back with Bombings that kill 140

As Syrian Army advances East of Aleppo, ISIL strikes back with Bombings that kill 140

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) said Sunday that it was behind the horrific bombings that struck Shiites in […]

Juan Cole

Children
Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

TeleSur | – – Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As […]

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Green Energy
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | – – FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  Washington's Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

By Alfred McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters […]

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