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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

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Bahrain
Bahrain dissidents Commemorate 2 Years of Protest, Condemn Repression

Bahrain dissidents Commemorate 2 Years of Protest, Condemn Repression

The USG Open Source Center translates a report from the Bahrain newspaper al-Wasat for Feb. 14, entitled “Bahraini Opposition Condemns Security Solution, ‘Ill-Treatment’ of Prisoners.” […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Another Kurdish Initiative in Turkey: Is Peace Finally Achievable? (Tezcür)

Another Kurdish Initiative in Turkey: Is Peace Finally Achievable? (Tezcür)

Güneş Murat Tezcür writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The last year saw a significant escalation in the armed conflict between the Turkish […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Arab Television Reacts to Obama’s State of the Union Address, on Afghanistan, Iran (OSC)

Arab Television Reacts to Obama’s State of the Union Address, on Afghanistan, Iran (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center reported on the reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union speech on two major Arabic-language satellite news channels, Aljazeera […]

Juan Cole

Russia
War of Logistics in N. Syria as Rebel Forces Close in on Aleppo Airport

War of Logistics in N. Syria as Rebel Forces Close in on Aleppo Airport

The rebel strategy of taking Syrian government bases and airports in north Syria to prevent the regime from resupplying its forces in the north has […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
America at Peace?  Obama Halving US force in Afghanistan, winds down War

America at Peace? Obama Halving US force in Afghanistan, winds down War

President Obama announced Tuesday that he would pull some 34,000 US troops out of Afghanistan over the next year, about half of the force that […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Despite Offer of Direct Talks, U.S. Intensifies Economic War Against Iran (Democracy Now!)

Despite Offer of Direct Talks, U.S. Intensifies Economic War Against Iran (Democracy Now!)

Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council is interviewed on Democracy Now about US sanctions on Iran and the prospect of talks about Iran’s […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
New Pope has Opportunity to Improve Christian-Muslim Relations

New Pope has Opportunity to Improve Christian-Muslim Relations

Pope Benedict XVI’s suprise announcement on Monday that he plans to resign at the end of this month marks a potential generational change in the […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Ahmadinejad:  US must Cease Militarily Targetting Iran before Direct Negotiations

Ahmadinejad: US must Cease Militarily Targetting Iran before Direct Negotiations

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad replied on the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution to recent US overtures from Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Bad Precedent:  Obama’s Drone Doctrine is Nixon’s Cambodia Doctrine (Dietrich)

Bad Precedent: Obama’s Drone Doctrine is Nixon’s Cambodia Doctrine (Dietrich)

Christopher R. W. Dietrich writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The cynical manipulation of legal and historical precedent regarding unmanned targeted killings vehicles […]

Juan Cole

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