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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

01/23/2026 By William D. Hartung

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Gaza: Israeli Rightists Propose Cutting Water, Electricity, but oppose ground op (OSC)

Gaza: Israeli Rightists Propose Cutting Water, Electricity, but oppose ground op (OSC)

The USG Open Source Center summarizes the Israeli press on the inadvisability of a ground assault on Gaza, and right-wing suggestions for alternatives such as […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Gaza Crisis (Granholm, Current TV Interview)

Cole on Gaza Crisis (Granholm, Current TV Interview)

Jennifer Granholm of Current TV’s “War Room” (10 pm ET) interviewed me on Gaza:

Juan Cole

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Gaza's Health Crisis and Israel's Crimes Against Humanity

Gaza’s Health Crisis and Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity

Israeli air strikes for the past 6 days have killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, many of them women and children; one strike deliberately targeted […]

Juan Cole

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Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)

Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)

From Democracy Now! – a live report from a Gaza hospital The blurb for the show: We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed […]

Juan Cole

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Could a Gaza Land War lose the Middle East for America?

Could a Gaza Land War lose the Middle East for America?

Abd al-Ra’uf Arna’ut writes in the PLO newspaper al-Ayyam (The Days) that behind the scenes, the Obama administration and its European allies are exerting enormous […]

Juan Cole

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Blaming Gen. Petraeus for the Wrong Mistakes: Remembering Afghanistan (Cook)

Blaming Gen. Petraeus for the Wrong Mistakes: Remembering Afghanistan (Cook)

Regular readers know that I have been critical of Gen. Petraeus’s counterinsurgency doctrine because I found it unrealistic, and I wish the US had just […]

Juan Cole

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Winning the war on Fracking would be the biggest Victory of All (Cantarow)

Winning the war on Fracking would be the biggest Victory of All (Cantarow)

Ellen Cantarow writes at Tomdispatch: There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent […]

Juan Cole

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Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Arabic on the Israeli attack on newspapers and journalists in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians Say Israel […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Ladan Cher writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On Iran and sanctions, a necessary clarification: “Crippling” is not synonymous for “working” In the […]

Juan Cole

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