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A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran
Dissent

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

Fariba Amini

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

01/26/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

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Iraq
Iraq:  Are Sunni Arabs of Kirkuk Province Turning on ISIL?

Iraq: Are Sunni Arabs of Kirkuk Province Turning on ISIL?

Ahmad Mohammed | Kirkuk | via Niqash.org Sunni Muslim extremists continue to kidnap, execute and otherwise impose their authoritarian rule on locals in the areas […]

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Climate Change
How The Koch Brothers Corrupted Florida State University (+163 Other Colleges) (Young Turks)

How The Koch Brothers Corrupted Florida State University (+163 Other Colleges) (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks “In 2007, when the Charles Koch Foundation considered giving millions of dollars to Florida State University’s economics department, the […]

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Climate Change
Climate Marchers join  Alarmed Scientists against "Drill-Baby-Drill" Corporations & Politicians

Climate Marchers join Alarmed Scientists against “Drill-Baby-Drill” Corporations & Politicians

AJ+ interviews Naomi Klein “As people gather in New York City for what organizers are billing as the largest climate-change protest in history, AJ+ asks […]

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Arab Spring
The Arab Political Crisis:  It isn’t a Matter of Civilization and it isn’t Unique

The Arab Political Crisis: It isn’t a Matter of Civilization and it isn’t Unique

By Juan Cole Hisham Melhem has a piece on what he calls the collapse of Arab civilization. The piece is riddled with contradictions and fuzzy […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Dubai to Build the World's Largest Airport

Dubai to Build the World’s Largest Airport

TheLipTV “Dubai is planning to build the world’s largest airport as part of a $32B expansion. The project is expected to be long and expensive, […]

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Apartheid
Israeli forces begin home demolitions in Bedouin village near Jerusalem

Israeli forces begin home demolitions in Bedouin village near Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided a number of Bedouin communities east of Jerusalem on Thursday days after handing them demolition and evacuation orders, a […]

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Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign

Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Iran had a role to play in a global coalition to tackle ISIS militants, as France […]

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Barack Obama
 'We're on edge of large war in MidEast' - Daniel Ellsberg

‘We’re on edge of large war in MidEast’ – Daniel Ellsberg

RT: “With Washington wading into another war in the Middle East, one iconic US whistleblower says Americans are being kept in the dark about the […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Changing US-Iran Relations:  Kerry:  Iran has a Role in Defeating ISIL Militants

Changing US-Iran Relations: Kerry: Iran has a Role in Defeating ISIL Militants

by Juan Cole Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Iran has a role to play in defeating ISIL. Addressing a meeting of […]

Juan Cole

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