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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner-Netanyahu Plan for Israel to Annex Squatter Settlements in West Bank aims at Forever Blocking a Palestinian State

The Kushner-Netanyahu Plan for Israel to Annex Squatter Settlements in West Bank aims at Forever Blocking a Palestinian State

By Ghassan al-Shami | – (Middle East Monitor) – Israel and its allies in Washington view the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem as the focal […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
In Syria's Idlib, Turkey is trying to play middle man between Russia and the US – with little success

In Syria’s Idlib, Turkey is trying to play middle man between Russia and the US – with little success

By Umut Korkut and Tarik Basbugoglu | – The recent turn of events in Idlib, an opposition stronghold in north-western Syria undergoing bombardment by the […]

The Conversation

Bernie Sanders
Can the Democrats' Foreign Policy Visions clean up Trump's Global Mess?

Can the Democrats’ Foreign Policy Visions clean up Trump’s Global Mess?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Democratic candidates offer a wide range of foreign policy views. These won’t decide the election, but they could have […]

John Feffer

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94% of Palestinians reject Trump's Kushner Plan, with Massive Rallies, and 2/3s say Two-State Solution is Dead

94% of Palestinians reject Trump’s Kushner Plan, with Massive Rallies, and 2/3s say Two-State Solution is Dead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 94% of Palestinians reject the Kushner Plan for Palestine, and two thirds of Palestinians ,according to a recent opinion […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming

The unexpected link between the ozone hole and Arctic warming

By Karen Smith | – One of the earliest climate model predictions of how human-made climate change would affect our planet showed that the Arctic […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come

Palestinian prisoner Khalida Jarrar in her own words: The age of freedom will come

By Khalida Jarrar | Ramzy Baroud | – Khalida Jarrar is a Palestinian feminist, a lawyer, educator and an elected parliamentarian. Over the years, she […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
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

Donald Trump
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 […]

Common Dreams

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