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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Syria: US Boots on Ground risks Conflict with Turkey, not Russia

Syria: US Boots on Ground risks Conflict with Turkey, not Russia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The White House’s announcement on Friday that the US will keep “less than 50” special ops […]

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Will Turkey’s Elections bring Peace or More Conflict with Kurds?

Will Turkey’s Elections bring Peace or More Conflict with Kurds?

By Peter O’Connor | Diyarbakr | (Informed Comment) | – – Tomorrow, on November 1, Turkish voters will return to the polls for the second […]

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Green Energy
Unlike Florida, India's Tamil Nadu State Requires Solar Panels on New Multistory Buildings

Unlike Florida, India’s Tamil Nadu State Requires Solar Panels on New Multistory Buildings

Smitha TK | (NDTV Video Report) | – – “The Tamil Nadu Government makes Solar Power generation mandatory in buildings, but is it doing enough […]

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Syria
Autopsy as Vienna Syria Summit concludes: Did US let its hard Line Saudi Ally run Wild?

Autopsy as Vienna Syria Summit concludes: Did US let its hard Line Saudi Ally run Wild?

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | – – Deep contradictions in the Administration’s Syria policy are on full display as the US, Russia, Iran […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die'

Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: ‘We will gas you until you die’

By Megan Hanna | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – On October 29, Israeli military forces issued a disturbing message to residents of Aida refugee […]

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al-Qaeda
Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?

Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Writing in al-Hayat [Life] this week, columnist Walid Choucair outlined the successes he sees Russia to […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why Russia Fears ISIL:  Panic over Domestic Terror Plots & Wave of Arrests

Why Russia Fears ISIL: Panic over Domestic Terror Plots & Wave of Arrests

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/ RL ) | – – Russia appears to be cracking down on Muslims and labor migrants in response to […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
More of Iraq's Kurdish Women Training to Fight Extremists

More of Iraq’s Kurdish Women Training to Fight Extremists

Shalaw Mohammed | Erbil | ( Niqash.org ) | – – Increasing numbers of Iraqi Kurdish women are training to become soldiers; they want to […]

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Drone Warfare
2016 Campaign and Forever War: Electorate gone to Disney World

2016 Campaign and Forever War: Electorate gone to Disney World

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – You may not know it, but you’re living in a futuristic science fiction novel. And […]

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