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Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran
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Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense, petroleum […]

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

06/15/2025 By Common Dreams

Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major War – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?

Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major War – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?

06/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Bankrupting the Planet: The Trump Tempest

Bankrupting the Planet: The Trump Tempest

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Give him credit. As a start, for that first surprise victory in 2016. No, I didn’t fully get it at the […]

Tom Engelhardt

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“Trump is the one to Blame” for Current Iran Crisis:  An Interview with Gary Sick (Pt. 2)

“Trump is the one to Blame” for Current Iran Crisis: An Interview with Gary Sick (Pt. 2)

This is part II of Fariba Amini’s two-part interview with Columbia University Political Scientist and former National Security Council Adviser (to President Jimmy Carter) Gary […]

Fariba Amini

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US Arms Used in Illegal Israeli Strike on Lebanese Journalists, raising Questions of American Liability

US Arms Used in Illegal Israeli Strike on Lebanese Journalists, raising Questions of American Liability

Three Killed, Four Injured in Apparent War Crime

Human Rights Watch

Hayat Tahrir
How Hayat Tahrir al-Sham  evolved from Radicalism to ruler of Northern Syria

How Hayat Tahrir al-Sham evolved from Radicalism to ruler of Northern Syria

By Sara Harmouch, American University A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing […]

The Conversation

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Why is Iran so Central to US Policy?   An Interview with Doyen of US Iran Experts, Gary Sick (Pt. 1)

Why is Iran so Central to US Policy? An Interview with Doyen of US Iran Experts, Gary Sick (Pt. 1)

Gary Sick was the national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter.   He was present at the White House during some turbulent times- the Iranian revolution, […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Committing War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing in N. Gaza: Former Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon

Israel Committing War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing in N. Gaza: Former Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon

( Middle East Monitor ) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon accused the army on Sunday of committing war crimes in the northern Gaza […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump’s Second Coming: “I never realized before that men hate us so much.”

Trump’s Second Coming: “I never realized before that men hate us so much.”

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “I never realized before that men hate us so much.” That was the lesson drawn by one of my fellow organizers […]

Rebecca Gordon

Bashar al-Assad
Syria as Putin's Afghanistan: How a Radical Fundamentalist take-over of Damascus could Change the Middle East

Syria as Putin’s Afghanistan: How a Radical Fundamentalist take-over of Damascus could Change the Middle East

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The collapse of the Baathist government of Syria in the north of the country, as the al-Qaeda affiliate HTS (Hay’at […]

Juan Cole

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Netherlands Supreme Court advised to uphold Israel F-35 Components Export Ban

Netherlands Supreme Court advised to uphold Israel F-35 Components Export Ban

( Middle East Monitor ) – The advocate general of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the country’s highest court, was advised on Friday to […]

Middle East Monitor

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