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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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Glaciers in Swiss Alps lost 6% of Mass last Year, as Climate Emergency brings brutal Heat Waves

Glaciers in Swiss Alps lost 6% of Mass last Year, as Climate Emergency brings brutal Heat Waves

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual report. As you will have guessed, things don’t look good. There […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Negotiations for a new truce in Yemen by Saudi and Houthi authorities present an opportunity to incorporate accountability and […]

Human Rights Watch

Feminism
Behind the Ruling:   Supreme Court decrees Mifepristone can Remain Available

Behind the Ruling: Supreme Court decrees Mifepristone can Remain Available

By Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Sonia Suter, George Washington University | – (The Conversation) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling […]

The Conversation

Canada
Germany Welcomes G7 Goals: 150 GW in New offshore Wind, 1,000 GW of Solar by 2030, and no more Coal

Germany Welcomes G7 Goals: 150 GW in New offshore Wind, 1,000 GW of Solar by 2030, and no more Coal

Sören Amelang ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout […]

Clean Energy Wire

Donald Trump
Biden is Running in '24:  Top 3 Reasons he'll Likely win by a Landslide

Biden is Running in ’24: Top 3 Reasons he’ll Likely win by a Landslide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden is planning to declare next week that he will seek a second term as president according to […]

Juan Cole

military
Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

By Tsega Etefa, Colgate University | – Sudan is in crisis. Fighting continues between Sudan’s military leader, Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, and his deputy on Sudan’s ruling […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Many Female Voters see Turkey's May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women's Rights

Many Female Voters see Turkey’s May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women’s Rights

Written byArzu Geybullayeva   ( Globalvoices.org) – In a report that was published in 2007 by European Stability Initiative, a think tank, Turkey’s ruling Justice […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Corporations
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – We’ve just passed through tax time again. (Unless, like me, you live in one of several states ravaged by recent extreme weather […]

Rebecca Gordon

Authoritarianism
Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Newark, Delaware (Feature — Special to Informed Comment) – The recent visit of Reza Pahlavi to Israel and his meeting with PM Netanyahu raise many […]

Fariba Amini

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