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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

11/11/2025 By Global Voices

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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100th Anniversary:  What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?

100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?

By Stephen Pascoe | (The Conversation) | – – To mark the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, we’ve got a package with an explanatory […]

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Drone Warfare
Surges, Mission Creeps & Drones in the Mideast: America's Forever War

Surges, Mission Creeps & Drones in the Mideast: America’s Forever War

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – There are the news stories that genuinely surprise you, and then there are the ones […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Annual ‘March of Return’ draws thousands of Palestinians to the Negev

Annual ‘March of Return’ draws thousands of Palestinians to the Negev

Ma’an News Agency | – – NEGEV (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians participated in the annual ‘March of Return’ on Thursday afternoon near Bedouin towns […]

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Baghdad gov't paralysis made capital vulnerable to massive ISIL bombings

Baghdad gov’t paralysis made capital vulnerable to massive ISIL bombings

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) launched a series of suicide car and truck bombs in Baghdad on Wednesday, […]

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Employment
Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century

Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century

TeleSur | – – Soon, researchers predict, the middle class will no longer be the largest class in the United States. Households in the United […]

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Islam-hatred
Sadiq Khan and the End of Islamophobia

Sadiq Khan and the End of Islamophobia

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The victory of Sadiq Khan has "normalized" Muslims in UK politics in much […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Resistance and Creativity, the Occupied Palestinians find Hope

In Resistance and Creativity, the Occupied Palestinians find Hope

By Victoria Brittain | (OpenDemocracy) | – – The village of Nabi Saleh is a story of resistance in the face of theft and violence. […]

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Majorities of Muslim Arabs in N. Africa want a Separation of Religion and State

Majorities of Muslim Arabs in N. Africa want a Separation of Religion and State

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – You know those silly anti-sharia laws passed by evangelicals in US state legislatures? They may as […]

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Republican Party
Is Donald Trump at War with the Republican Party?

Is Donald Trump at War with the Republican Party?

By Jack Rasmus | (TeleSur ) | – – Trump’s appeal is reminiscent of Reagan’s back in 1980 because of their unabashed attack on what […]

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