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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Russia backs Damascus as it closes Syrian Airspace, Threatens to down Turkish Jets

Russia backs Damascus as it closes Syrian Airspace, Threatens to down Turkish Jets

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey shot down two Syrian fighter jets over Idlib province this weekend and Turkish drones and artillery took out armor […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates

Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates

By Mehmet Ozalp | – As the nine-year Syrian civil war enters its final turn, Turkey and Russia, long-time allies in Syria, are on the […]

The Conversation

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Heckuva Job, Pencie!  A US ruled for and by the Rich leaves Workers at Risk for Coronavirus

Heckuva Job, Pencie! A US ruled for and by the Rich leaves Workers at Risk for Coronavirus

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Is the United States prepared to deal with a public health emergency? At this point such an […]

John Buell

Donald Trump
Trump Spending $1.2 Trillion a year on War, with Nothing to Show for It

Trump Spending $1.2 Trillion a year on War, with Nothing to Show for It

By Mandy Smithberger | – Hold on to your helmets! It’s true the White House is reporting that its proposed new Pentagon budget is only […]

Tomdispatch

China
Maybe Try Friendship?  Hatred and Enmity are bad Politics for America and a World in Crisis

Maybe Try Friendship? Hatred and Enmity are bad Politics for America and a World in Crisis

We live in an era where animosity and even rage are the norm in the political arena. Both Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided in […]

Richard Penaskovic

Bernie Sanders
The Plutocracy Strikes Back:  CNN Compares Bernie Sanders to Coronavirus

The Plutocracy Strikes Back: CNN Compares Bernie Sanders to Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday morning CNN host Michael Smerconish compared Sen. Bernie Sanders to the coronavirus, asking if anything could stop either […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Nonviolent Noncooperation: A Palestinian Response to the Kushner/Trump Plan

Nonviolent Noncooperation: A Palestinian Response to the Kushner/Trump Plan

( Nonviolence International) – President Trump and his son-in-law’s “peace” plan would worsen the long term subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East […]

Mubarak Awad

Development
The Coronavirus has sent Stocks Plummeting - Could a Recession be Next?

The Coronavirus has sent Stocks Plummeting – Could a Recession be Next?

By Michael Walden | – Fears are growing that the new coronavirus will infect the U.S. economy. U.S stocks are headed for their worst week […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
On Top of Everything Else, Coronavirus hits the Middle East

On Top of Everything Else, Coronavirus hits the Middle East

(Al-Bab.com) – Iran announced on Friday that the number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 388, with 34 deaths so far (among […]

Brian Whitaker

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