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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

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Trump on Steroids and Torture's Legacy of Impunity

Trump on Steroids and Torture’s Legacy of Impunity

( Tomdispatch.com) – On February 5th, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald J. Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In other […]

Rebecca Gordon

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Will the new, Left-led Ireland Recognize Palestine and Boycott Israeli Squatters?

Will the new, Left-led Ireland Recognize Palestine and Boycott Israeli Squatters?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – That the Left has swept to power in Ireland may position that country to play an important role in the […]

Juan Cole

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UN Condemns 'Shocking' and 'Terrible' US-Backed Saudi Coalition Bombing That Killed 31 Yemeni Civilians

UN Condemns ‘Shocking’ and ‘Terrible’ US-Backed Saudi Coalition Bombing That Killed 31 Yemeni Civilians

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “Those who continue to sell arms to the warring parties must realize that by supplying weapons […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Germany of All Countries Shouldn't be Running Interference for Netanyahu's War Crimes, Undermining the Int'l Criminal Court

Germany of All Countries Shouldn’t be Running Interference for Netanyahu’s War Crimes, Undermining the Int’l Criminal Court

By Iqbal Jassat | @ijassat | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Shortly after her visit to South Africa earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela […]

Middle East Monitor

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‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

By Hannah Foote | – LOS ANGELES (Cronkite News) – Dozens of airlines have canceled flights to China in the wake of the novel coronavirus […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump called Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and appeared to back Turkey against Russia and Syria with regard to […]

Juan Cole

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Yemen's looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Yemen’s looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Risk of a catastrophic oil spill, alarming water shortages and pollution, climate change, and other environmental disasters are adding to Yemen’s suffering

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Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here's how

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

By Richard Calland | – History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency […]

The Conversation

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Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

By Christopher Scragg | – (Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The Trump administration plans to tap the Pentagon for another $3.8 billion in military funds […]

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