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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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The Future of the Mideast:  A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?

The Future of the Mideast: A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?

By Parag Khanna | (Informed Comment) | – – While embedded with U.S. Special Operations Forces in 2007, I witnessed firsthand America’s incredible ability to […]

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CIA
Murdering Civilians:  US Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows

Murdering Civilians: US Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows

By Pratap Chatterjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In a trio of recent action-packed movies, good guys watch terrorists mingling with innocent women and children […]

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African-Americans
Top 7 ways Harriet Tubman is the most Badass Spy & Warrior ever to grace US Currency

Top 7 ways Harriet Tubman is the most Badass Spy & Warrior ever to grace US Currency

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite US schools’ tendency to give students several years of American history, over and over again, […]

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Left Politics
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Poll: Most Russians Prefer Return of Soviet Union and Socialism

TeleSur | – – A recent poll revealed that most Russians would like to see the return of the Soviet Union and socialism. The majority […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Terrorist convicted of Murdering, Burning Palestinian Teen

Israeli Terrorist convicted of Murdering, Burning Palestinian Teen

By IMEMC | – – After nearly two years of delay, the leading suspect in the brutal death of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir was […]

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censorship
Press Freedom in ‘Deep And Disturbing’ Decline in New Age of Propaganda

Press Freedom in ‘Deep And Disturbing’ Decline in New Age of Propaganda

By RFE/RL | – – A leading journalism advocacy group says media freedom experienced a sharp decline around the world over the past year, citing […]

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Iran
Iran after Nuclear Deal:  Renewed Isolation or a pay-off for Pres. Rouhani?

Iran after Nuclear Deal: Renewed Isolation or a pay-off for Pres. Rouhani?

By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – President Hasan Rouhani’s honeymoon period is over. He faces mounting opposition in Iran, and very difficult […]

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Far Right
What GOP New Yorkers just voted for:  Torture, Syria Intervention, murder of innocents

What GOP New Yorkers just voted for: Torture, Syria Intervention, murder of innocents

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In the wake of his big win in New York, I want to push back once […]

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Bill of Rights
Jailed without trial for Life?  Guantanamo's Lawlessness may outlast the Obama Administration

Jailed without trial for Life? Guantanamo’s Lawlessness may outlast the Obama Administration

By Karen J. Greenberg | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Can you believe it?  We’re in the last year of the presidency of the man who, […]

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