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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

01/11/2026 By The Conversation

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

01/11/2026 By Minnesota Reformer

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Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions in Flames Heavy fighting continued in Fallujah on Monday, according to Reuters, as some guerrillas there demonstrated that they would fight to […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Aftermath In Baiji On

Fallujah And Aftermath In Baiji On

Fallujah and the Aftermath In Baiji on Sunday, clashes between US troops and guerrillas left 12 Iraqis dead and 25 wounded. Most Americans do not […]

Juan Cole

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Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member of Parliament Assassinated Bombs go off in Baghdad AP rounds up Saturday’s events in Iraq. Explosions went off in Baghdad and at the Green […]

Juan Cole

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Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model for Iraq Fred Kaplan at Slate discusses the proposal of former Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie for consolidating the 18 Iraqi provinces […]

Juan Cole

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Mosul Chaos Al Hayat Reported

Mosul Chaos Al Hayat Reported

Mosul Chaos Al-Hayat reported incidents all over the country. A US Black Hawk helicopter was downed near Taji (20 km northwest of Baghdad), hurting 3 […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Calls For Peaceful Resolution

Sistani Calls For Peaceful Resolution

Sistani calls for Peaceful Resolution of Fallujah Crisis Az-Zaman: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, th leading Shiite spiritual authority, called Friday for a peaceful resolution of […]

Juan Cole

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Dylan Still Subversive It Is Good

Dylan Still Subversive It Is Good

Dylan Still Subversive? It is a good thing that Bob Dylan has US citizenship, otherwise he might be in the same fix as Cat Stevens […]

Juan Cole

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Levine On Arafat Guest Editorial Death

Levine On Arafat Guest Editorial Death

Levine on Arafat: Guest Editorial The Death of Arafat and the Myth of New Beginnings Guest editorial by Mark LeVine, Professor of modern Middle Eastern […]

Juan Cole

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17 Dead In Baghdad Bombing Fallujah

17 Dead In Baghdad Bombing Fallujah

17 Dead in Baghdad Bombing Fallujah, Mosul and Raids on AMS The Washington Post reports that the wave of violence in the Sunni Arab heartland […]

Juan Cole

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