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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025:  The US and the Middle East
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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

The big victors in the rise of a Lebanon-Syria-Jordan Sunni Crescent are Turkiye and the Sunni Arab Gulf monarchies

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Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

12/28/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

12/28/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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It’s Springtime in Kabul for the Taliban

The Taliban kicked off their spring offensive with numerous coordinated attacks in the capital of Kabul and well as in some provinces. Aljazeera English has […]

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Iran’s Forbidden Nukes and the Taqiya Lie

Iran’s Forbidden Nukes and the Taqiya Lie

The Iranian and Chinese teams at the negotiations in Istanbul this weekend between the UN Security Council plus Germany on the one hand, and Iran […]

Juan Cole

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What the Laws of War Allow (Madar)

What the Laws of War Allow (Madar)

Chase Madar writes at Tomdispatch.com What the Laws of War Allow Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes — Or the Poverty of International […]

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Egypt's Saturday Night Massacre and the Presidential Race

Egypt’s Saturday Night Massacre and the Presidential Race

The election of Egypt’s new president to succeed deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, has taken on increased importance and has become more unpredictable because of the […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
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Omar Khayyam (114)

At first I looked for the pen of fate,  and the tablet on which it wrote, and heaven and hell in the skies above. Then […]

Juan Cole

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Aurora Light show on Uranus captured by Hubble (Video)

Aurora Light show on Uranus captured by Hubble (Video)

Mashable reports on video from Hubble of aurora light shows on the frozen planet of Uranus.

Juan Cole

Syria
Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest Peacefully after Ceasefire, 6 Killed

Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest Peacefully after Ceasefire, 6 Killed

On the first day since the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad maintained that it had accepted a ceasefire with its opposition, tens of thousands of […]

Juan Cole

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Mark Twain on Bankers

Mark Twain on Bankers

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella…

Juan Cole

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China hopeful Iran will compromise with the UNSC

China hopeful Iran will compromise with the UNSC

China’s official Xinhuanet news service is predicting that Iran will compromise with the 5 members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as they meet […]

Juan Cole

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