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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

11/11/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump evades conviction again as Republicans opt for self-preservation

Trump evades conviction again as Republicans opt for self-preservation

By Jennifer S. Hunt | – Twice-impeached former US President Donald Trump has evaded conviction once more. On the fourth day of the impeachment trial, […]

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Who were the Republican Senators afraid of when they Acquitted their own attempted murderer?

Who were the Republican Senators afraid of when they Acquitted their own attempted murderer?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The odious Trump once smugly observed that “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is Netanyahu mainstreaming Israel's Extremist Far Right, which dreams of Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians?

Is Netanyahu mainstreaming Israel’s Extremist Far Right, which dreams of Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians?

( Middle East Monitor) – Rabbi Meir Kahane is considered something of a prophet by the Israeli right-wing. He openly advocated expelling all Palestinians from […]

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Corruption
Trump's acquittal is a sign of ‘constitutional rot’ – partisanship overriding principles

Trump’s acquittal is a sign of ‘constitutional rot’ – partisanship overriding principles

By John E. Finn | – The Senate’s decision to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial may have been a victory […]

The Conversation

Germany
German President envisions Electric Cars as zero carbon 'Smartphone on Wheels'

German President envisions Electric Cars as zero carbon ‘Smartphone on Wheels’

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – Clean Energy Wire / Süddeutsche Zeitung ) – To reach Germany’s climate goals the car industry needs to undergo a […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Federal Court strikes down Arkansas' attempt to Punish proponents of Boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians

Federal Court strikes down Arkansas’ attempt to Punish proponents of Boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Andrew DeMillo at the Associated Press reports that a 3-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Undocumented Americans need a Pathway to Citizenship; Biden's Plan is promising but needs swift implementation by Congress

Undocumented Americans need a Pathway to Citizenship; Biden’s Plan is promising but needs swift implementation by Congress

By Vanessa Meraz ” – ( Otherwords.org) – Years of advocacy have made DACA the floor of what’s possible, not the ceiling. By Vanessa Meraz […]

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Arab World
Targeting Iran, Trump added Israel to the US Mideast Military Command; How will the Arab World Respond?

Targeting Iran, Trump added Israel to the US Mideast Military Command; How will the Arab World Respond?

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor) – A major reorganisation of US military operation in the Middle East was announced last month […]

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Auditor says Trump admin. knew ‘zero-tolerance’ would separate children from parents at border

Auditor says Trump admin. knew ‘zero-tolerance’ would separate children from parents at border

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy would separate families […]

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