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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 […]

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

06/19/2025 By David Vine

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

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

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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New "Sustainable City" in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

New “Sustainable City” in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

Dubai City | — “The goal of sustainability is to enhance quality of life, without compromising the needs of future generations. Sustainability is achieved by […]

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Apartheid
Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015?   Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015? Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

RT | — “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed up to join International Criminal Court, paving the way for the investigation on Israel’s possible war […]

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astronomy and outer space
Nature's Fireworks:  The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Nature’s Fireworks: The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Euronews | — No Comment TV: “Magnetic midnight in Norway – no comment”

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UAE
2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai (New Year Fireworks)

Juan Cole

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Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The UN Security Council yesterday voted down an Arab League resolution on Palestine that would have called for […]

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Barack Obama
We have so much to Learn from Cuba

We have so much to Learn from Cuba

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr In this column, Robert F. Kennedy – son of Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy […]

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Egypt
Egypt's 2014 Thermidor:  The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

Egypt’s 2014 Thermidor: The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

By Simon Mabon and Lucia Ardovini | (The Conversation) — It was a year of huge transition for Egypt. Gone was the Muslim Brotherhood, in […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Yemen in 2014:  1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov't, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

Yemen in 2014: 1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov’t, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

SANAA, December 2014 (IRIN) — After a negotiated transfer of power agreed in early 2012, the annual death toll dropped to about 1,100 and nearly […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Euronews | — “Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out […]

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