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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?
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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Iran, Israel, the US, Russia, and China are interconnected by rumors of cyberattacks and sabotage By Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Marashi | – Braga, Portugal […]

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman

05/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources isn’t about the Climate

05/12/2025 By Joshua Frank

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Abu Dhabi Hotel Does not Regret $11 Mn. Christmas Tree

Abu Dhabi Hotel Does not Regret $11 Mn. Christmas Tree

Christmas means never having to say you are sorry. The Seven Emirates Hotel in Abu Dhabi says it does not either regret its display of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Mayor Forbids Christmas Trees in part of Nazareth; Christian Tourism Boom Fuels Hopes for Palestinian State

Israeli Mayor Forbids Christmas Trees in part of Nazareth; Christian Tourism Boom Fuels Hopes for Palestinian State

The some 50,000 Christians in the West Bank continue to labor under Israeli military occupation this Christmas, though somewhat improved tourism and prosperity have lessened […]

Juan Cole

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Map of Lebanon by Religious Sect

Map of Lebanon by Religious Sect

Juan Cole

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GOP and 9/11 First Responders Bill: Jamiol

GOP and 9/11 First Responders Bill: Jamiol

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Khoei:  Why We Shouldn’t Be Celebrating Iraq’s New Government: Power-Sharing Means Nothing without Reconciliation

Al-Khoei: Why We Shouldn’t Be Celebrating Iraq’s New Government: Power-Sharing Means Nothing without Reconciliation

Hayder al-Khoei writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : 22/12/2010 Bickering is still very much the order of the day in Iraq. Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Map of Egypt: Regions

Map of Egypt: Regions

Map of regions of Egypt

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq has a Government:  Can we Please Come Home Now?

Iraq has a Government: Can we Please Come Home Now?

Iraq has marked three milestones this fall. The formal military mission of US troops was ended by President Obama on August 31, and while about […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Distribution of Annual Rainfall

Saudi Arabia, Distribution of Annual Rainfall

Found a better rainfall distribution map: Courtesy the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2007

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East – Cole in Truthdig

Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East – Cole in Truthdig

My new column at Truthdig.com is just out: “Obama’s 2010 Successes and Failures in the Middle East”. Excerpt: ‘ As 2010 dawned, President Barack Obama […]

Juan Cole

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