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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | – – It had already been a deadly summer of political instability in Turkey. And now this. Another […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

James Balog | The National Geographic (Video Report) | – – “Join the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) team on an expedition to South Georgia Island […]

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Russia
Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL ) Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

By Samer B. Jaber | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – We, a group of professional and trade union figures, intellectuals, and political activists, appeal […]

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Syria:  Will US arming of Kurdish-led Northeast Rebels Provoke Turkey?

Syria: Will US arming of Kurdish-led Northeast Rebels Provoke Turkey?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Anne Barnard and Karim Shoumali at the NYT have a piece on how Saudi-supplied […]

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Does Obama have a Syria Strategy?  Putin Does.

Does Obama have a Syria Strategy? Putin Does.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday President Obama made some remarks on Syria, but do […]

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Balkans
3 Memes:  Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

3 Memes: Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

By Anna Shamanska | ( RFE/RL) | – – Support among Russians for military intervention in Syria has more than doubled, to 31 percent in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When my book ‘Searching Jenin’ was published soon after the Israeli massacre in the Jenin […]

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Iraq
The Mideast's New Cold War: Why Russia won't Defeat Iraq's Extremists

The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Since the announcement of a new military alliance including Russia, locals have been trading arguments. […]

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