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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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Conservatives worked for Decades to build an Imperial Presidency, and it Gave them Trump and now Biden

Conservatives worked for Decades to build an Imperial Presidency, and it Gave them Trump and now Biden

By Tom Engelhardt | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Joe Biden’s got a problem — and so do I. And so, in fact, do we. At […]

Juan Cole

Djibouti
City-State or Empire?  The United Arab Emirates Seeks dominance in the Horn of Africa

City-State or Empire? The United Arab Emirates Seeks dominance in the Horn of Africa

By Usman Butt | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the 2011 Arab Spring the United Arab Emirates has been taking an active role […]

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“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

by Logan Jaffe and Jack Gillum | – ( ProPublica ) – When the FBI arrested Edward “Jake” Lang on Jan. 16 for his alleged […]

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Israeli Scientists make Strides toward Recyclable Perovskite Solar Panels

Israeli Scientists make Strides toward Recyclable Perovskite Solar Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar panels have plummeted 80% in price during the past decade, but they are still relatively expensive and depend on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
A return to the two-state politics without a historical reckoning spells loss for Palestinians

A return to the two-state politics without a historical reckoning spells loss for Palestinians

(Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden announced the restoring of diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and the resumption of humanitarian aid […]

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All Hands on Deck: Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before

All Hands on Deck: Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before

By Bill Ritter Jr. | – Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before – […]

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Preventing Future Election Violence: Peacebuilding to avoid becoming a failed state

Preventing Future Election Violence: Peacebuilding to avoid becoming a failed state

By Kerri Kennedy | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I have spent my entire career working to end election-related conflicts, mostly overseas. Unfortunately, this experience […]

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Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias

Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli archeologists have made two extremely important finds recently that have implications for our image of early Islam. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, […]

Juan Cole

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Protests mount over Israeli medical apartheid toward Palestine during pandemic"

Protests mount over Israeli medical apartheid toward Palestine during pandemic”

Israel’s rapid vaccine rollout leaves out Palestinian population

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