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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Khamenei Global Demonstrations Blame Us

Khamenei, Global Demonstrations, Blame US Demonstrations in Sadr City, Basra, Kashmir 3 Sunni Mosques Torched Iran’s Supreme Jurisprudent,Ali Khamenei, managed to blame the Iraqi Baath […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Samarra Fallout Surge Not Working Sadr

Samarra Fallout Surge Not Working Sadr

Samarra Fallout Surge not Working The Sadr Bloc in parliament [Sawt al- Iraq in Arabic] is threatening to suspend their participation in legislation in protest […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Samarra Shrine Attacked Golden Dome Or

Samarra Shrine Attacked Golden Dome Or

Samarra Shrine Attacked The Golden Dome or Askariya Shrine in Samarra had its minarets blown up on Wednesday. The shrine is among the holiest in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Fox News Bimbos In Iraq Out Mashhadani

Fox News Bimbos In Iraq Out Mashhadani

Fox News: Bimbos in, Iraq out Mashhadani to Sue Iran: Captured Diplomats Must not Be Harmed Fox Cable News spent more time than other cable […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Militiant Sufism In Iraq Usg Open

Militiant Sufism In Iraq Usg Open

Militiant Sufism in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with a spokesman for a militant offshoot of the Naqshabandi order in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Ban Ki Moon Surge Failing Diyala Bridge

Ban Ki Moon Surge Failing Diyala Bridge

Ban Ki-moon: Surge Failing Diyala Bridge Blown Up Mashhadani not going Quietly UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his quarterly report on Iraq that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iranian Media On Iraq Us Usg Open

Iranian Media On Iraq Us Usg Open

Iranian Media on Iraq & the US The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases reports in the Iranian press last week regarding Iran-Iraq relations […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush Uses Sudan Iran Assets In Iraq Us

Bush Uses Sudan Iran Assets In Iraq Us

Bush uses Sudan, Iran Assets in Iraq US GIs Killed, Trapped in Bridge Rubble; Al-Mashhadani Dismissed as Speaker; Clashes, Demonstrations in Sadr City Remember all […]

Juan Cole

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Paris Hilton Iraqi Prisoners American

Paris Hilton Iraqi Prisoners American

Paris Hilton & Iraqi Prisoners American cable news has been fixated on the jailing of socialite Paris Hilton for the past week, on grounds that […]

Juan Cole

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