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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

11/11/2025 By The Conversation

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Saadi on Impatient Love (Poem of the Day)

Saadi on Impatient Love (Poem of the Day)

By Muslih al-Din “Saadi” Mushrif ibn Abdullah Shirazi | Trans. Reynold A. Nicholson | – – The heart that loves with patience — a stone […]

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al-Qaeda
Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

TeleSur | – – The Saudis threatened selling off almost a trillion dollars in U.S. assets if Congress makes it legal to hold Saudi citizens […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in […]

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Arab Spring
Thousands protest Gov't in Egypt over Saudi Hegemony

Thousands protest Gov’t in Egypt over Saudi Hegemony

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thousands of Egyptians came into the streets Friday in the first major demonstrations in 2 and […]

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poetry
Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

Walt Whitman | Leaves of Grass | – – To the East and to the West To the East and to the West, To the […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders at Vatican:  Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

Bernie Sanders at Vatican: Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

Rome Reports in English | (Video News Report) | – – Rome Reports: “Bernie Sanders speaks at the Vatican”

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Climate Change
Is Exxon a James Bond Villain?  Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

Is Exxon a James Bond Villain? Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, global warming – Exxon was aware of the risks of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A meeting of a Knesset committee held Wednesday debated the issue of segregation between Palestinian and […]

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Iraq

Daesh and Territorial Control Reconsidered

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) | – – It might seem strange to open this essay by speaking about circulation and […]

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