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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

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

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Cenk Uygur & The Young Turks: “Sean Hannity got into a shouting match tonight with a Palestinian guest as Hannity repeatedly asked Yousef Munayyer whether […]

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By Juan Cole Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports for The Nation from Gaza on the Israeli shelling of a UN school that killed 16 and wounded […]

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Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza

Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza

Channel 4 News | Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza For the first time in a major Arab-Israeli conflict, the world […]

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niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | How can a country like Iraq – with its different sects, religions and ethnicities – be governed appropriately? […]

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Night of Destiny in Palestine: A Third Uprising?

Night of Destiny in Palestine: A Third Uprising?

By Juan Cole A new element entered the current Gaza war on Thursday, as Israel shelled a UN school full of displaced persons taking refuge […]

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Iraq: Christians Say Terror Drove Them From Mosul

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By Abdul Hamid Zebari via RFE/RL Rawan Jinan, a 25-year-old Iraqi Christian, says when she received an order on June 18 to leave Mosul within […]

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