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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Corruption
Beirut: 'Day of Judgment' Protesters Occupy Gov't Buildings, Banking Assn., Forcing New Elections

Beirut: ‘Day of Judgment’ Protesters Occupy Gov’t Buildings, Banking Assn., Forcing New Elections

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced snap elections after a huge crowd of thousands gathered in downtown Beirut Saturday, confronting […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means: We may actually have 30 million Cases

What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means: We may actually have 30 million Cases

Melissa Hawkins | – Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other institutions recently published a study which estimated that the true […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Lebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnage

Lebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnage

By Walid el Houri | – ( OpenDemocracy) – On 4 August 2020, at 6pm the explosion at the Beirut port sent a destructive shockwave […]

Open Democracy

Hizbullah
What Impact will the Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion have on Israel and Hezbollah?

What Impact will the Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion have on Israel and Hezbollah?

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Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
Will Trump's Maximum Pressure on UNSC against Lifting Iran Arms Embargo Backfire Big Time?

Will Trump’s Maximum Pressure on UNSC against Lifting Iran Arms Embargo Backfire Big Time?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Peter Hutchison at AFP reports that the Trump administration may be set to shoot itself in the foot at the […]

Juan Cole

China
The rise of the Middle Kingdom in the Middle East: Iran, Gulf Oil and China:

The rise of the Middle Kingdom in the Middle East: Iran, Gulf Oil and China:

By Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor) – China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stands as the most prominent example of the pivotal […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Cramped ICE Detention Centers during COVID-19 Threaten Migrant Safety, even Officers

Cramped ICE Detention Centers during COVID-19 Threaten Migrant Safety, even Officers

By Jessica Myers | Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – In the six months Maria Chávez’s husband has […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Australasia
100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world

100 days without COVID-19: how New Zealand got rid of a virus that keeps spreading across the world

By Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig, and Nick Wilson | – On Sunday, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. From the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
American ISIS?  Trumpies Threaten life of Scientists like Dr. Fauci, just as ISIS Killed Archeologist Dr. Al-Asaad

American ISIS? Trumpies Threaten life of Scientists like Dr. Fauci, just as ISIS Killed Archeologist Dr. Al-Asaad

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump prides himself for being in office when the US military and its Muslim allies in Iraq and Syria polished […]

Juan Cole

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