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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Reason Trumped:  How the Donald Phenom will Change our Lives

Reason Trumped: How the Donald Phenom will Change our Lives

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The 2016 election campaign is certainly a billionaire’s playground when it comes to “establishment candidates” like […]

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Is Putin Gambling it all on Syria?

Is Putin Gambling it all on Syria?

By Scott Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – For those watching closely, the signal for Russia’s first airstrikes came in a statement early on […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Union: 70 percent of Gaza workers live in poverty

Union: 70 percent of Gaza workers live in poverty

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — Around 70 percent of workers in Gaza live in poverty, the director of the Gaza General […]

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Trump Supports Putin's Russia Policy in Syria

Trump Supports Putin’s Russia Policy in Syria

Erin Burnett | (CNN news video) | – – “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with CNN’s Erin Burnett on foreign policy issues including Iran, […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The Taliban reign of Fear in Kunduz belies Charm Offensive

Afghanistan: The Taliban reign of Fear in Kunduz belies Charm Offensive

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/ RL) | – – An expected Afghan government counteroffensive to retake Kunduz from the Taliban appears to have largely […]

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It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted

It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, renounced the Oslo Peace accords Wednesday, on the grounds that Israel […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism

The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism

Sami Zubaida | (Open Democracy) | – – The presence of growing Muslim populations in Europe at the same time as the rise of political […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll

Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll

By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/RL MOSCOW — More than two-thirds of Russians oppose sending troops to Syria to prop up President Bashar al-Assad’s government, […]

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Afghanistan
The Final Collapse of Bush's Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban

The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a […]

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