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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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IS GOP aiming for 21st Century White Apartheid in America?

IS GOP aiming for 21st Century White Apartheid in America?

Arun Gupta | ( TeleSur ) | – – To compete on a national level the Republican right is creating a system of intersectional apartheid. […]

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Bernie Sanders
The Bernie Sanders Miracle:  American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity

The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic debate in Brooklyn last night took an unusual turn when a grumpy old Jewish […]

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Islam-hatred
This Muslim American Life, between Trump and Aziz Ansari:  Moustafa Bayoumi Is a Scribe on a Quest

This Muslim American Life, between Trump and Aziz Ansari: Moustafa Bayoumi Is a Scribe on a Quest

by Neda Simaika and Raihan Faroqui | (informed Comment) | – – The award-winning author and professor of English at Brooklyn College (CUNY), Moustafa Bayoumi, […]

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Militarization
The Euphemisms of War and Covering up American Military Failure

The Euphemisms of War and Covering up American Military Failure

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Introduction | By Tom Engelhardt | – – At the moment, there are a maximum […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US Slams Israel over Extrajudicial Killings, Torture & Racism then Meekly offers extra Billions

US Slams Israel over Extrajudicial Killings, Torture & Racism then Meekly offers extra Billions

TeleSur In a rare move by Washington, the 2016 U.S. report on human rights said Israel unlawfully killed over 70 Palestinians and tries minors in […]

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Iraq
Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan?  Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region

Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan? Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region

Mazin Sahib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Leading Sunni Muslim politicians have opened an office in Washington to represent Sunni interests. There’s talk […]

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Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking

Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking

Dear Members of the U-M [University of Michigan] community We stand with our friends/students/colleagues and with the Central Student Government (CSG), Senate Advisory Committee on […]

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Negotiations, "Elections," and al-Qaeda's assault on Syrian Ceasefire

Negotiations, “Elections,” and al-Qaeda’s assault on Syrian Ceasefire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There were five major stories in the US and European press about Syria today: 1. The […]

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censorship
Turkey's Pres. Erdogan demands Germany prosecute comedian over satirical poem

Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan demands Germany prosecute comedian over satirical poem

RT | (Video News Report) | – – “Turkey has made a formal request to the German government to prosecute a TV comedian over a […]

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