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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War
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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

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A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

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We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

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RT | – More than 180 former leaders from Israel’s security apparatus urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his planned speech to Congress on […]

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CCTV America | — “Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with lawmakers a few weeks before elections in Israel. CCTV America’s Nathan King filed this […]

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Meir Dagan, the former head of Israeli intelligence, has long been on the outs with Prime Minister Binyamin […]

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By RFE/RL | – Human Rights organizations warn that the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has targeted minority communities in Iraq in a “systematic strategy […]

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