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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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Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?

Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?

by Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Over the past week-and-a-half Islamophobia seemed to dominate the headlines; first when a 14-year-old […]

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To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime's Barrel Bombs

To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs

By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) – – Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. […]

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How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth

How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth

By Greg Grandin | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the […]

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Iran
Israel's Real Fear:  w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant

Israel’s Real Fear: w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Relations between Iran and Israel go back almost to the foundation of […]

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al-Qaeda
US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms

US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms

RT | – – “The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for […]

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Dissent
Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria's Assad

Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end […]

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Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo

Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo

By IMEMC News | – – Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West […]

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Things like Ted Cruz's threat to Murder Iran's Ayatollah are why Iranians don't Trust US

Things like Ted Cruz’s threat to Murder Iran’s Ayatollah are why Iranians don’t Trust US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ted Cruz said Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference in Washington, D.C., “If you vote for me, under […]

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Assyrians
Iraq: Can Mosul's Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?

Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?

Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | (Niqash.org) | – – They have been harassed, threatened, have lost all their worldly goods and forced to flee. What, […]

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