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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market
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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

Juan Cole

44% of the new car market in Turkiye is now battery electric or plug-in hybrid! That is more than California

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

02/18/2026 By Middle East Monitor

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

02/18/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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Iran
Former Iranian President Slams Syria for Gassing own People: Sign of deep Divisions in Tehran

Former Iranian President Slams Syria for Gassing own People: Sign of deep Divisions in Tehran

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani has roiled Iranian politics by admitting that the Syrian government gassed its own people at Ghuta in the eastern suburbs […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Israeli Press on Syria Delay: History will Mock Obama (OSC)

Israeli Press on Syria Delay: History will Mock Obama (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases passages from the Israeli Hebrew press on President Obama’s decision to seek Congressional advice and consent regarding […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Government Rejects US Strike on Syria, Fears Civil War

Iraqi Government Rejects US Strike on Syria, Fears Civil War

In his speech on Saturday on the Syria crisis, President Obama instanced Iraq among the countries that might suffer if the Baath regime were allowed […]

Juan Cole

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How America’s ‘Espionage Empire’ is Paid for:  The ‘Black Budget’  (Queally)

How America’s ‘Espionage Empire’ is Paid for: The ‘Black Budget’ (Queally)

Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org: In the latest revelation made possible by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Washington Post on Thursday published an investigative analysis […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Obama goes to Congress on Syria as his International Support Collapses

Obama goes to Congress on Syria as his International Support Collapses

People have been asking why President Obama did not go to Congress about Libya but is willing to do so with regard to a much […]

Juan Cole

Gulf
Gulf Arab Press divided on Syria Strike (OSC)

Gulf Arab Press divided on Syria Strike (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases items in the Gulf Arab press regarding the US strike on Syria Gulf Press Carries Mixed Reactions to Potential […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Invoking International Law Against Obama: Old Europe, New Europe and NeoCon Fail

Invoking International Law Against Obama: Old Europe, New Europe and NeoCon Fail

Caretaker Czech Prime minister Jiri Rusnok and president Milos Zeman have denounced President Obama’s plans to bomb Syria not just as unwise but as actually […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Military-Ruled Egypt Opposes US Strike on Syria

Military-Ruled Egypt Opposes US Strike on Syria

The newly assertive Egyptian military and the civilian transitional government in Egypt are helping make President Obama’s life difficult. Likely it was Egypt that blocked […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Ghost of Iraq haunts Obama on Syria as British Parliament Defects

The Ghost of Iraq haunts Obama on Syria as British Parliament Defects

The heavy propaganda for an Iraq War waged by the Bush administration and the Blair government in 2002-2003 came back to haunt the Anglo-American alliance […]

Juan Cole

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