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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Afghanistan
What hope for a New Generation of US Troops graduating into the Forever Wars?

What hope for a New Generation of US Troops graduating into the Forever Wars?

(Tomdispatch.com) – Patches, pins, medals, and badges are the visible signs of an exclusive military culture, a silent language by which soldiers and officers judge […]

Danny Sjursen

Donald Trump
Trump Expands US Military Mission in Syrian Oil Fields, as Russian calls him a "Hitler"

Trump Expands US Military Mission in Syrian Oil Fields, as Russian calls him a “Hitler”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lolita C. Baldor at the Associated Press reports that Trump has been prevailed upon by the US officer corps and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: what life is like under the continuing Israeli blockade

Gaza: what life is like under the continuing Israeli blockade

By Yaser Alashqar | – In his latest update to the UN Security Council in late October, Nicolay Mlandenov, the UN’s special coordinator for the […]

The Conversation

Assyrians
Unconstitutional: VP Pence Directed  USAID Help for Iraqis to tiny Christian Minority

Unconstitutional: VP Pence Directed USAID Help for Iraqis to tiny Christian Minority

by Yeganeh Torbati | (ProPublica) | – Officials at USAID warned that favoring Christian groups in Iraq could be unconstitutional and inflame religious tensions. When […]

ProPublica

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel is Usurping the Rich Archeological Heritage of the Palestinian West Bank

How Israel is Usurping the Rich Archeological Heritage of the Palestinian West Bank

By Nabil Al-Sahl | – Palestine is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of antiquities, competing with Egypt in the Arab […]

Middle East Monitor

Constitution
Amb. Sondland, who Reversed himself on Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, once Stood up for Khizr Khan against Trump

Amb. Sondland, who Reversed himself on Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, once Stood up for Khizr Khan against Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, potentially facing perjury charges owing to his earlier testimony that conflicted with […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
11,000 scientists warn: Climate Crisis Could reach Point of No Return

11,000 scientists warn: Climate Crisis Could reach Point of No Return

By Thomas Newsome and William Ripple | – Exactly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists met at the world’s first climate conference in […]

The Conversation

Hizbullah
The Iraqi and Lebanese Popular uprisings Caught between Iranian and Israeli Geopolitics

The Iraqi and Lebanese Popular uprisings Caught between Iranian and Israeli Geopolitics

By Oraib Al-Rantawi | @OraibAlRantawi It is not only Iran that is paying close attention to the uprisings of the Iraqi and Lebanese people; Israel […]

Middle East Monitor

National Security State
America: Bases, Bases, Everywhere, and Not a Base in Sight

America: Bases, Bases, Everywhere, and Not a Base in Sight

( Tomdispatch.com) – They called it Castle Black, an obvious homage to the famed frozen citadel from the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the […]

Nick Turse

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