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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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More Violence in Iraq I was at a conference at Columbia on Monday and then traveling and so was away from news most of the […]

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Shots Fired At Bulgarian President

Shots Fired At Bulgarian President

Shots Fired at Bulgarian President Parvanov Attacks Kill 9 in Iraq, Including 2 US Military Personnel Guerrillas directed fire at visiting Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov […]

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Ex Baath Reservist Officers Recalled In

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Ex-Baath Reservist Officers Recalled in Iraq Az-Zaman: The new minister of defense, Ali Allawi, has called upon all officers in the former Baath military reserves, […]

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Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons In Najaf

Sadrists Stockpile Weapons in Najaf Mosques, Schools AP reports that a US general has said that he will move US troops into a base just […]

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60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60 Of Documentation For Modern Iraqi

60% of Documentation for Modern Iraqi History Lost Ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP have an article on the impact of the looting last April after the fall […]

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Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll 57 Of Americans Believe Saddam

Poll: 57% of Americans Believe Saddam Gave Substantial Support to al-Qaeda A new poll shows that as of mid-March, 57% of Americans believed that Saddam […]

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Iranian Diplomat Says Us Attack On

Iranian Diplomat Says a US attack on Najaf will Lead to Widespread Crisis throughout Iraq From the ISNA website, via by BBC World Monitoring: Iranian […]

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40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed In Another Bloody Iraq

40 Killed in Another Bloody Iraq Saturday At Least 5 US Soldiers Dead; Unknown US Casualties in Haswa, Kut Boat Bombers Strike Basra Vessels, Kill […]

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Muqtada Al Sadr Warns He Will Unleash

Muqtada Al Sadr Warns He Will Unleash

Muqtada al-Sadr Warns He will Unleash Kamikaze Bombers if Najaf is Attacked Bulgarian Soldier Killed in Clash at Karbala ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of […]

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