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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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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Makes His Move Al

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Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Makes his move al-Hayat: The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) in Iraq organized a demonstration in Najaf Sunday in support of […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Makes His Move Al

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Makes His Move Al

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Makes his move al-Hayat: The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) in Iraq organized a demonstration in Najaf Sunday in support of […]

Juan Cole

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36 Die In Bloody Sunday Afp Reports

36 Die In Bloody Sunday Afp Reports

36 Die in Bloody Sunday AFP reports that 36 Iraqis were killed in violence in that country on Sunday. Guerrillas detonated a bomb in a […]

Juan Cole

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36 Die In Bloody Sunday Afp Reports

36 Die In Bloody Sunday Afp Reports

36 Die in Bloody Sunday AFP reports that 36 Iraqis were killed in violence in that country on Sunday. Guerrillas detonated a bomb in a […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws for Iraq Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reports that US proconsul in Iraq Paul Bremer has unilaterally issued more laws, […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws for Iraq Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reports that US proconsul in Iraq Paul Bremer has unilaterally issued more laws, […]

Juan Cole

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists in East Baghdad, Amara, Basrah The Sadrist movement deliberately attempted to provoke the British on Saturday in Amara and Basra. Their provocative […]

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