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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

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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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Not just Trump:  Anti-Muslim Hatred becomes GOP Orthodoxy

Not just Trump: Anti-Muslim Hatred becomes GOP Orthodoxy

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Syrian Kurds: True Revolution must Liberate Women

Syrian Kurds: True Revolution must Liberate Women

By Rahila Gupta | ( OpenDemocracy ) In less than four years, the women’s umbrella organisation, Kongira Star, has set up an autonomous, grassroots, democratic […]

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Trump:  Candidate of American Decline

Trump: Candidate of American Decline

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – “Low-energy Jeb.” “Little Marco.” “Lyin’ Ted.” “Crooked Hillary.” Give Donald Trump credit. He has a memorable […]

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Majority of Palestinian Youth support Violent Resistance to Israeli Occupation, despair of state of their own

Majority of Palestinian Youth support Violent Resistance to Israeli Occupation, despair of state of their own

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank have widely disparate opinions on […]

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Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil:  The Prince's $2 Trillion Gamble

Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia laid out his vision […]

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Republican Party
Are Cruz And Kasich smart enough to stop Trump?

Are Cruz And Kasich smart enough to stop Trump?

By Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Ted Cruz and John Kasich are doing their best […]

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Inclusive Governing key to preventing 5th Wave of Violent Radicalism

Inclusive Governing key to preventing 5th Wave of Violent Radicalism

By Carl Bildt | (Project Syndicate) | – – STOCKHOLM – Muscular language has become increasingly prevalent in the debate about how to counter the […]

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Bernie Sanders
Over 80 senators push Obama to increase military aid to Israel; but not Bernie

Over 80 senators push Obama to increase military aid to Israel; but not Bernie

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 80 percent of American senators signed a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama […]

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Now the 1% Live 15 yrs longer than the Poorest:  The Death Gap's Increasing

Now the 1% Live 15 yrs longer than the Poorest: The Death Gap’s Increasing

By Sam Pizzigati | ( Otherwords.org) | – – Rich people live longer than poor people. No big news there — we’ve known that health […]

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