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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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Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

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Bush to an Iraq in Shambles: You Create Your Own National Fund Or, “Let them Eat Cake” An informed observer writes: ‘ THURMONT, Md., June […]

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Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam: Be Vigilant in Face of US Conspiracies Sadrist al-Nu`mani: Violence in Iraq Orchestrated by US Shiites Condemn HAMAS The USG Open Source Center […]

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Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds of New Security Ministers The USG Open Source Center rounds up information on the new ministers of interior and defence, and of national security. […]

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim To Tehran Basra

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim To Tehran Basra

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim to Tehran Basra, Federalism, Iran’s Nuclear Program on Agenda Shiite Iraqi clerical leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is multi-tasking, according to al-Zaman [Ar.]/ […]

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Bush Deliberations Need For Political

Bush Deliberations Need For Political

Bush Deliberations: Need for Political Track in Counter-Insurgency Paul Bremer says he hopes Bush’s cabinet summit will develop an effective military plan for defeating the […]

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Beeman Guest Editorial Journalismthink

Beeman Guest Editorial Journalismthink

Beeman Guest Editorial: The Journalism/Think Tank Merry-Go-Round William O. Beeman “The Journalism/Think Tank Merry-Go-Round And the Dilemma of the Academic Public Intellectual” ‘ [I want […]

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50000 Us Troops To Be Garrisoned In

50000 Us Troops To Be Garrisoned In

50,000 US Troops to be Garrisoned in Iraq Shahwani Opposes Militias in Security Forces A suicide bombing at a checkpoint in Baquba killed 8 and […]

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Zarqawi Autopsy Jordan Refuses

Zarqawi Autopsy Jordan Refuses

Zarqawi Autopsy Jordan Refuses Repatriation of Body The US is sending a forensics team to do an autoposy of Abu Musaba al-Zarqawi. Al-Hayat reports that […]

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Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting in Ramadi Anbar Mourns Zarqawi Al-Zaman reports that heavy street fighting broke out on Friday in downtown Ramadi between US forces and guerrillas. […]

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