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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Trump's Endless Wars

Trump’s Endless Wars

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Trump’s not bringing the troops home. He’s been haphazardly deploying more troops, drones, and dollars abroad, while waging a […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Does Facebook impose curfews on Palestinians in the ‘blue world’?

Does Facebook impose curfews on Palestinians in the ‘blue world’?

By Hossam Shaker | – When the Arab youth revolted in 2011 to demand freedom and democracy in their countries, Facebook was the social media […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Syria: why the Kurds had little option but to do a deal with Bashar al-Assad

Syria: why the Kurds had little option but to do a deal with Bashar al-Assad

By Cengiz Gunes | – When the Syrian military withdrew from the Kurdish populated regions of Syria in July 2012, they left the Kurds in […]

The Conversation

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Russians, Syrian Army take over Manbij and its US Bases, Blocking Turkey

Russians, Syrian Army take over Manbij and its US Bases, Blocking Turkey

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) took control of the city of Manbij on Tuesday, with Russian gendarmes taking up patrols […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Extorting Ukraine is Bad Enough: But Trump Has Done Much Worse

Extorting Ukraine is Bad Enough: But Trump Has Done Much Worse

By Rebecca Gordon | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Recently a friend who follows the news a bit less obsessively than I do said, “I thought […]

Rebecca Gordon

Islam
Jazz Great Yusef Lateef’s Journey to Islam

Jazz Great Yusef Lateef’s Journey to Islam

“I want my music to awaken something that’s already in your heart.” (Informed Comment) – Among the hundred-plus African-American jazz musicians who embraced Islam in […]

Shalom Goldman

Israel/ Palestine
Does the Demi Lovato Affair prove that Brand Israel is now toxic?

Does the Demi Lovato Affair prove that Brand Israel is now toxic?

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – “Brand Israel” was launched. As I’ve written before, this public relations strategy was an utter failure. War crimes, […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Kurdish Women Fighters helped Defeat ISIL, & now are a Target of Turkish Invasion

Kurdish Women Fighters helped Defeat ISIL, & now are a Target of Turkish Invasion

By Haidar Khezri | – Kurdish fighters under attack by Turkey have described President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria as […]

The Conversation

Kurds
Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria Would Be Anything But (HRW)

Turkey’s ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria Would Be Anything But (HRW)

Plan Increases Risks for Returned Refugees

Human Rights Watch

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