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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Donald Trump

Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

05/14/2025 By Karen J. Greenberg

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Apartheid
Israel ‘systematically mistreats’ Palestinian children in custody

Israel ‘systematically mistreats’ Palestinian children in custody

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an News Agency) — Some 700 Palestinian children per year are arrested and face “ill-treatment” by Israeli forces, according to a new report by […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Win:  Dem Senators Flip-Flop, Delay Iran Sanctions Bill

Obama Win: Dem Senators Flip-Flop, Delay Iran Sanctions Bill

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Luke Johnson | (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — A key U.S. senator says he and nine other senators are holding their support for […]

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Corruption
Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “”The Koch brothers’ operation intends to spend $889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections — a […]

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Islamophobia
Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

AJ+ | – “Who do you call when Islamophobia strikes? Kamala Khan, better known as Ms. Marvel. Street artists are using images of the Muslim […]

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Barack Obama
Obama, Modi and India's Solar Future

Obama, Modi and India’s Solar Future

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) In his visit to India, Barack Obama pressed unsuccessfully for India to set specific carbon limits. Nevertheless, he did […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Kurds expel ISIL/Daesh from Syria's Kobane after months of fighting

Kurds expel ISIL/Daesh from Syria’s Kobane after months of fighting

Rita Daou | Your Middle East Kurds expel Islamic State group from Syria’s Kobane after months of fighting Banner Icon War in Syria Kurdish fighters […]

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Barack Obama
Photo-Bombing Obama’s Iran Talks (Cartoon)

Photo-Bombing Obama’s Iran Talks (Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World – Via Jamiol’s World

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Arab Spring
Egypt: 28 Protesters Killed Marking Revolution - Police & Excessive Force

Egypt: 28 Protesters Killed Marking Revolution – Police & Excessive Force

Human Rights Watch | — (New York) – The death of at least 20 people in Egypt during clashes with security forces surrounding the commemoration […]

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African-Americans
All Lives Matter: from Ferguson to Palestine

All Lives Matter: from Ferguson to Palestine

By Heike Schotten | (Ma’an News Agency) – In the United States, “Ferguson” — the name of the town where unarmed black teenager Michael Brown […]

Juan Cole

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