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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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Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom O’Connor , James LaPorta AND Naveed Jamali at Newsweek report that the Turkish military subjected a position occupied by […]

Juan Cole

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Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – The way to truly defeat Apartheid: A conversation with Na’eem Jeenah and Salim Vally “Perhaps the time has come […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

By James L. Gelvin | – Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff out a radical experiment in self-government that is […]

The Conversation

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How the Roberts Court's 'Citizens United' allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

How the Roberts Court’s ‘Citizens United’ allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I pointed out last week, the most powerful intervention in US politics allowing foreign influence in US elections, which […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
An Expansionist State?  Did Israel ever have any intention of honoring either the 1947 Partition Plan or 1967 borders?

An Expansionist State? Did Israel ever have any intention of honoring either the 1947 Partition Plan or 1967 borders?

By Thomas Suárez | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex parts of the occupied West Bank if re-elected in last month’s General […]

Middle East Monitor

Iraq
Did Bush put Iraq on Road to Democracy?  Not to Judge by the Violent Crackdown on Protesters

Did Bush put Iraq on Road to Democracy? Not to Judge by the Violent Crackdown on Protesters

By Balsam Mustafa | – When Muhanad Habib, a 22-year-old Iraqi from the Sadr City district of Baghdad, posted on Facebook in late September, he […]

The Conversation

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Not Just Ethnicity: Turkey v. Kurds and the Great Divide over Political Islam v. the Secular Left

Not Just Ethnicity: Turkey v. Kurds and the Great Divide over Political Islam v. the Secular Left

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
On Yom Kippur, remembering the Diversity Iraq’s Mosul has Lost with Nationalism and ISIL

On Yom Kippur, remembering the Diversity Iraq’s Mosul has Lost with Nationalism and ISIL

By Stephennie Mulder | – On Yom Kippur each year, as Jews around the world pray for atonement, the biblical Book of Jonah is read […]

The Conversation

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