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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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Is an Iranian Drug Cartel Behind the Assassination Plot against the Saudi Ambassador?

Is an Iranian Drug Cartel Behind the Assassination Plot against the Saudi Ambassador?

As many observers have pointed out, the story given us by Attorney General Eric Holder about the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Why did the Egyptian Military Attack the Copts?

Why did the Egyptian Military Attack the Copts?

Monday saw clashes yet again between Coptic Christians and Egyptian police, when a crowd of mourners gathered outside a hospital where the bodies of some […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Ballen: Terrorism Can’t be Taken out and Shot

Ballen: Terrorism Can’t be Taken out and Shot

Ken Ballen, author of Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : The policy of […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Tawakul Karman, Yemen mother of 3, among winners of Nobel Peace Prize

Tawakul Karman, Yemen mother of 3, among winners of Nobel Peace Prize

One of the three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year is Tawakul Karman, 32, a Yemeni activist and mother of 3. Aljazeera has […]

Juan Cole

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Pro-Perry Evangelical Leader says Romney not a Christian, Mormonism a Cult

Pro-Perry Evangelical Leader says Romney not a Christian, Mormonism a Cult

The evangelical pastor Robert Jeffres, introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voters conference on Friday, He strongly implied in his introduction that evangelicals would have […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Palin was Right About those Government Death Panels

Palin was Right About those Government Death Panels

Well, the death panel has nothing to do with universal health care. But apparently it does exist, sited in the National Security Council. I discussed […]

Juan Cole

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Best of the Web on Widening Wall Street Protests

Best of the Web on Widening Wall Street Protests

The Occupy Wall Street protests spread Thursday to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Philadelphia, though these rallies were relatively small compared to the estimated 20,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Steve Jobs:  Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World-Changer

Steve Jobs: Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World-Changer

The culture wars kicked off by the 1960s are still with us. Indeed, much of the discourse of contemporary American conservatism can be boiled down […]

Juan Cole

Energy
China and Iran, Green Together

China and Iran, Green Together

China says it is planning joint projects with Iran on solar and wind energy. This news is potentially very important. I once took a 24-hour […]

Juan Cole

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