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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
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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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Jordans Muslim Brotherhood Calls On

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Calls on Shiite Religious Authorities to Prohibit Attacks on Sunnis in Basra From the USG Open Source Center, an article on Jordan’s […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Declares State Of Emergency In

Maliki Declares State Of Emergency In

Maliki Declares State of Emergency in Basra 42 Bodies Found, Guerrilla Bombings Kill and Maim in Baghdad, Mosul US Troops Accidentally Shoot Pregnant Mother Reuters […]

Juan Cole

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Deteriorating Security In Diyala From

Deteriorating Security In Diyala From

Deteriorating Security in Diyala From Reuters: reports on major violence in the ongoing Iraqi Civil War on Tuesday: ‘ BAGHDAD – A car bomb killed […]

Juan Cole

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Kabul Under Curfew After Anti Us Anti

Kabul Under Curfew After Anti Us Anti

Kabul under Curfew after Anti-US, anti-Karzai Riots 14 Dead, over 100 Wounded 50 Killed in US Airstrike “We have conducted a thorough assessment of our […]

Juan Cole

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60 Dead Including Us Major 2 British

60 Dead Including Us Major 2 British

60 Dead, including US Major, 2 British Soldiers, CBS Crew Parliamentary Delegation Planned to Basra The FCC will investigate the placing by the Bush administration […]

Juan Cole

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55 Dead In Civil War Member Of

55 Dead In Civil War Member Of

55 Dead in Civil War Member of Parliament wounded in Attack al-Zaman/ DPA: An aide of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called [Ar.] Sunday for the […]

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Iran Cleans Up In Iraq Iran Is Perhaps

Iran Cleans Up In Iraq Iran Is Perhaps

Iran Cleans up in Iraq Iran is perhaps the only unambiguous winner in the new situation in Iraq, and its foreign minister was basking in […]

Juan Cole

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3 Gis Dead So Far 18200 Us Troops

3 Gis Dead So Far 18200 Us Troops

3 GIs Dead So Far, 18,200 US Troops Wounded in Iraq See Nir Rosen’s important article, “Iraq is the Republic of Fear” in WaPo today. […]

Juan Cole

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Italians To Pull Out Nearly Half Of

Italians To Pull Out Nearly Half Of

Italians to Pull Out nearly Half of Troops in June Sectarian struggle among Tribes at Suwayra Congrats to Mariam Karouny for an excellent story on […]

Juan Cole

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