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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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Syria:  500 Turkey-backed Sunni Arab Fighters Cross to defend Azaz from Kurds

Syria: 500 Turkey-backed Sunni Arab Fighters Cross to defend Azaz from Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This morning, according to the Syria Observatory and the Arabic press some 500 Sunni Arab rebels […]

Juan Cole

Terrorism
Turkey's New Normal?:  Bombing in Ankara kills Dozens

Turkey’s New Normal?: Bombing in Ankara kills Dozens

By Winston Obertan | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – Ankara. Wikimedia image. A bomb blast, believed to have originated from a car bomb, has […]

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military
Are Outside Interventions in Syria undermining Int'l Law & our own Security?

Are Outside Interventions in Syria undermining Int’l Law & our own Security?

By Ingvild Bode | (The Conversation) | – – Since 2012, the war in Syria has lurched from one escalation to another. Syrians have been […]

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Iran
Can the Nuclear Deal survive the Iranian and American Elections?

Can the Nuclear Deal survive the Iranian and American Elections?

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Although the implementation of Iranian nuclear deal has been welcomed by all […]

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Immigration
Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants' Rights

Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants’ Rights

TeleSur | – – Trump accused Pope Francis of being an instrument of the Mexican government because of his pro-immigration stance. The Vatican responded. U.S. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PA: Israel concealed prisoner's hunger strike for 43 days

PA: Israel concealed prisoner’s hunger strike for 43 days

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs on Tuesday accused Israel of concealing a 43-day long […]

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Banking
The Chinese are Coming: First 'New Silk Road' Train reaches Iran's Capital

The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a sign of China’s increasingly powerful role in Central Asia and the Middle East, on […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Robert Rotberg | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology. . . . ISIS, […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey:  Erdogan's Domestic War for a Presidential System

Turkey: Erdogan’s Domestic War for a Presidential System

By Rosa Burç and Burak Çopur | TeleSur | – – The current war against the Kurds and oppositional voices is being waged to push […]

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