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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Syrian Media Hail America as Damascus Ally, Support UN Ban on Foreign Fighters

Syrian Media Hail America as Damascus Ally, Support UN Ban on Foreign Fighters

by Juan Cole Aljazeera Arabic reports on the reaction in Syria to US air strikes against ISIL, which included attacks on Wednesday on their oil […]

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Iran
Is this Iranian the most powerful man in Iraq?

Is this Iranian the most powerful man in Iraq?

BBC “Gabriel Gatehouse reports for BBC Newsnight on the secretive Iranian General described as the most powerful man in Iraq.” BBC Newsnight: “Is this Iranian […]

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Apocalypse Now, Iraq Edition

Apocalypse Now, Iraq Edition

By Peter Van Buren via Tomdispatch.com I wanted to offer a wry chuckle before we headed into the heavy stuff about Iraq, so I tried […]

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Shiites
Will Shiite Houthi grip on Yemen's capital Provoke al-Qaeda Response?*

Will Shiite Houthi grip on Yemen’s capital Provoke al-Qaeda Response?*

SANAA, 23 September 2014 (IRIN) – With northern rebels claiming the capital Sana’a and Al-Qaeda militants increasing their attacks in the south, Yemen’s security crisis […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syrian regime Propaganda coup as Israel Downs Syrian Plane over Golan

Syrian regime Propaganda coup as Israel Downs Syrian Plane over Golan

By Juan Cole Israel shot down a Syrian MiG fighter jet on Tuesday, saying it had penetrated into Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights. The […]

Juan Cole

RAK Zoo opens its doors to the public

RAK Zoo opens its doors to the public

RAK Zoo opened its doors for the first time on Tuesday with its owner and residents positive it will help boost tourism in the emirate.

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Climate Protesters Flood Wall Street - And A Polar Bear Is Arrested

Climate Protesters Flood Wall Street – And A Polar Bear Is Arrested

AJ+ “Hundreds of people attended the #FloodWallStreet demonstration to protest the role big business plays in fueling climate change. The protest was largely peaceful, but […]

Juan Cole

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Student Debt Factories:  The Scandal of For-Profit Colleges

Student Debt Factories: The Scandal of For-Profit Colleges

By Astra Taylor and Hannah Appel via Tomdispatch.com Imagine corporations that intentionally target low-income single mothers as ideal customers. Imagine that these same companies claim […]

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Bashar al-Assad
The Syrian Maelstrom:  How Repression, Drought & Climate Change Drove the Civil War

The Syrian Maelstrom: How Repression, Drought & Climate Change Drove the Civil War

By Tareq Ramadan Long before March of 2011, when Syrian demonstrations calling for reform and in some cases, regime change, morphed into a full-blown military […]

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