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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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Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

By Jill Hopke | – When oil and gas companies took to Twitter during the first half of the U.N.’s Glasgow climate conference, they often […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Paul Gosar's Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Paul Gosar’s Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Arizona Congressman, dentist, and inveterate nutcase Paul Gosar posted to Twitter a photoshopped Anime video showing himself as a cartoon […]

Juan Cole

Death Penalty
Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration's Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration’s Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

By Kenneth Roth | Executive Director | – President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: US Policy Toward the Middle […]

Human Rights Watch

Pentagon
Can the Runaway Pentagon Budget ever be Reined in?

Can the Runaway Pentagon Budget ever be Reined in?

By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung | – Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
COP26: how the world’s Militaries hide their huge Carbon Emissions

COP26: how the world’s Militaries hide their huge Carbon Emissions

By Doug Weir, Benjamin Neimark, and Oliver Belcher | – Climate change leadership requires more than stirring speeches. It means facing up to hard truths. […]

The Conversation

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"A Cruel, Ingenious Cage:"  Israel's Panopticon for Palestinians archives the Bodies of the Occupied

“A Cruel, Ingenious Cage:” Israel’s Panopticon for Palestinians archives the Bodies of the Occupied

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two breathtaking reports out on Monday underlined the vast and unprecedented Israeli electronic surveillance of an entire population — the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Are Putin and Lukashenko trying to Divide Europe by sending over Iraqi, other Muslim Refugees?

Are Putin and Lukashenko trying to Divide Europe by sending over Iraqi, other Muslim Refugees?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Thousands of migrants from Iraq, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries, are attempting to breach a razor wire fence […]

Nikola Mikovic

Cybercrime
The Cyberwar between Israel and Iran is Heating Up

The Cyberwar between Israel and Iran is Heating Up

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is becoming clear that the cyberwar between Israel and Iran is heating up, although neither side has accepted […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
2021 was a bad year for glaciers in western North America — and it’s about to get much worse

2021 was a bad year for glaciers in western North America — and it’s about to get much worse

By Brian Menounos | – The year 2021 will likely be one of the worst for glaciers in southern British Columbia, Alberta, Washington and Montana. […]

The Conversation

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