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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate in Baghdad As Bombings Kill 28, wound 46, with 3 US Soldiers Dead 1 Million Iraqis say “US Out”! Maher al-Thanoon of Reuters […]

Juan Cole

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Nation Forum On Middle East Unintended

Nation Forum On Middle East Unintended

Nation Forum on Middle East “Unintended Consequences: A Forum on Iraq and the Mideast,” in The Nation is now available online. Journalists Helena Cobban and […]

Juan Cole

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Attacks In Baqubah Mansur Train

Attacks In Baqubah Mansur Train

Attacks in Baqubah, Mansur Train, Pipeline bombed Reuters reports on deaths in the guerrilla war on Thursday: In Baqubah and Khan Bani Saad northeast of […]

Juan Cole

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Turks Threaten To Invade Iraq Just

Turks Threaten To Invade Iraq Just

Turks threaten to Invade Iraq Just a reminder how much of a tinderbox Iraq is, and how easily neighboring countries could be drawn into a […]

Juan Cole

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War On Terror Over Bush Administration

War On Terror Over Bush Administration

War on Terror Over The Bush administration is giving up the phrase “global war on terror.” I take it this is because they have finally […]

Juan Cole

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Consequences Of Nuking Iran Readers

Consequences Of Nuking Iran Readers

The Consequences of Nuking Iran Readers have asked me about this discussion at Daily Kos. It notes that former CIA analyst Philip Giraldi wrote in […]

Juan Cole

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On How Us Troops Arent Coming Home Any

On How Us Troops Arent Coming Home Any

On How US Troops Aren’t Coming Home Any Time Soon al-Hayat reports that 16 Iraqis were killed in guerrilla violence in Baghdad and its environs […]

Juan Cole

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Draft Constitution Enshrines Islamic

Draft Constitution Enshrines Islamic

Draft Constitution Enshrines Islamic Law At Least 27 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Humam al-Hamoudi, the head of the constitution drafting committee in the Iraqi parliament, […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Rejoin Constitution

Sunni Arabs Rejoin Constitution

Sunni Arabs Rejoin Constitution Committee The Sunni Arab members of the constitution drafting committee ended their boycott on Monday, and say they will attend Tuesday’s […]

Juan Cole

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