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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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1 Us Soldier Killed 14 Wounded Three

1 Us Soldier Killed 14 Wounded Three

1 US Soldier Killed, 14 wounded Three guerrillas drove a car filled with explosives near the Champion US Army Base at Ramadi on Thursday and […]

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Fadlallah Discourages Formation Of

Fadlallah Discourages Formation Of

Fadlallah Discourages formation of Militias Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, who resides in Beirut, Lebanon, has long had a following inside Iraq. He was born […]

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Igc Negotiates With Sistani Interim

Igc Negotiates With Sistani Interim

IGC Negotiates with Sistani The Interim Governing Council sent a delegate Thursday to conduct talks with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, which were described as “tough […]

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Wolfowitz Throws Tantrum At France

Wolfowitz Throws Tantrum At France

Wolfowitz throws Tantrum at France, Germany, Russia and Canada: The Failure of Emotional Intelligence It transpires that the Pentagon order denying Iraq reconstruction contracts to […]

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2 Us Troops Killed 4 Wounded In Mosul

2 Us Troops Killed 4 Wounded In Mosul

2 US Troops Killed, 4 Wounded in Mosul Guerrillas killed 2 US troops in a roadside bombing and a shoot-out in two separate incidents in […]

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Shiite Mosque Attacked Unknown

Shiite Mosque Attacked Unknown

Shiite Mosque attacked Unknown assailants razed a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Wednesday. According to local eyewitnesses, the act was revenge for the bombing of […]

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Human Rights Anti Terror And Somewhat

Human Rights Anti Terror And Somewhat

Human Rights, Anti-Terror (and somewhat Anti-American) Demonstrations The demonstrations for human rights and against terrorism in several Iraqi cities on Wednesday were organized by parties […]

Juan Cole

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Cpa Halts Effort To Tally Iraqi War

Cpa Halts Effort To Tally Iraqi War

CPA Halts Effort to Tally Iraqi War Dead AP is alleging that an ongoing program by the Iraqi ministry of health aimed at totalling up […]

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Iraqi Battalion Collapses Cnn Reports

Iraqi Battalion Collapses Cnn Reports

Iraqi Battalion Collapses CNN reports that the first new battalion of the Iraqi army being trained by the US has collapsed, with nearly half of […]

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