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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

11/11/2025 By Global Voices

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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Armenia
In Challenge to U.S., Putin's Eurasian Union seeks to Incorporate Iran

In Challenge to U.S., Putin’s Eurasian Union seeks to Incorporate Iran

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Iran is hoping to join Russia-dominated Eurasian Union by the end of February. The Islamic Republic could also soon […]

Nikola Mikovic

Archaeology
40,000 BC: Earth's magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

40,000 BC: Earth’s magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

By Chris Fogwill, Alan Hogg, Chris Turney, and Zoë Thomas | – The world experienced a few centuries of apocalyptic conditions 42,000 years ago, triggered […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Like Gregor Samsa, the never-to-be-forgotten character in Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” we awoke on January 7th to discover that we, too, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Biden's Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Biden’s Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Arabic reports that Saudi Twitter has gone wild with responses to the apparent sidelining by President Biden of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

By Osama Othman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank. One […]

Middle East Monitor

US Foreign Policy
'An Obstructive Body' and 'menace to liberties': How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

‘An Obstructive Body’ and ‘menace to liberties’: How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even […]

John Feffer

India
Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers' protests are being called a 'satyagraha' – which means 'embracing the truth'

Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers’ protests are being called a ‘satyagraha’ – which means ’embracing the truth’

By Sumit Ganguly | – For the past few months, farmers protesting in India’s capital, New Delhi, have been demanding the repeal of three farm […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party has had a lock on Texas politics for over two decades, and has reduced it to a […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

( Al-Bab.com) – The US State Department confirmed on Friday that it is revoking a last-minute decision by the Trump administration to designate Yemen’s Houthi […]

Brian Whitaker

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