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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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On MLK Day, let's Remember Ike's warning about the Military-Industrial Complex

On MLK Day, let’s Remember Ike’s warning about the Military-Industrial Complex

By Shahid Buttar | Electronic Frontier Foundation [Sunday] marked the 55th anniversary of a world-historical speech by the last war hero to occupy the White […]

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Christians
Evangelical Militarism & Islamophobia? Does the Wheaton College Hawkins case signal a Problem?

Evangelical Militarism & Islamophobia? Does the Wheaton College Hawkins case signal a Problem?

By Damon F. Lynch | (Informed Comment) | – – Evangelical university Wheaton College has generated global attention by suspending and initiating the firing of […]

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Daesh/ ISIL carries off 400 Women & Children from Deir al-Zor to a fate worse than Death

Daesh/ ISIL carries off 400 Women & Children from Deir al-Zor to a fate worse than Death

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Sunday attacked an isolated outpost of the Syrian Arab Army in a […]

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Internet
Can Twitter be Sued for 'Facilitating' ISIL Terrorism?

Can Twitter be Sued for ‘Facilitating’ ISIL Terrorism?

By Bruce Baer Arnold | (The Conversation) | – – If ISIS and its supporters use Twitter to facilitate terrorist action or merely spread propaganda, […]

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Plutocracy
Sanders: Michigan Governor Must Resign over Flint Lead-Poisoning Crisis

Sanders: Michigan Governor Must Resign over Flint Lead-Poisoning Crisis

By Common Dreams staff | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday called on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder […]

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Iraq
Iraq:  Ethnic Fighting endangers Civilians; now it's Kurds and Shiites

Iraq: Ethnic Fighting endangers Civilians; now it’s Kurds and Shiites

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Kurdish and Shia Turkmen armed groups have repeatedly harmed and endangered civilians in clashes in Iraq’s Tuz […]

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Foreign Policy
Out of Gas in Iranian Waters

Out of Gas in Iranian Waters

By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – Why did two U.S. Navy boats drift into Iranian waters? And why was it so […]

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Druze
Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’

Israeli plan for minorities slammed as bid to ‘divide and conquer’

By: Chloe Benoist | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A plan approved by Israel’s cabinet last week to provide half a […]

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Triumph of Diplomacy:  Iran, on cusp of Sanctions relief, releases 5 Iranian-American Detainees

Triumph of Diplomacy: Iran, on cusp of Sanctions relief, releases 5 Iranian-American Detainees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian news agencies announced Saturday that the government had released four dual nationals (Iranian-Americans with both […]

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