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Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”
Donald Trump

Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Juan Cole

Trump now has a similar choice, of whether he wants to spend trillions of dollars on a Napoleonic gamble in Iran.

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

02/19/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

02/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

2003-2019, Iran, facing water bankruptcy, lost an estimated 211 cubic kilometres of groundwater, or twice its annual water consumption

The Conversation

Dissent
A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Fariba Amini

Kurds
Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Both Syrian Gov’t and Kurdish forces must Respect Civilian Rights, Allow Aid, Investigate Alleged Abuses

Human Rights Watch

Immigration
Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

ICE agents have also been deployed around the nation to grab immigrants off the streets and whisk them to detention

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Juan Cole

Dissent
Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

It is the result of a decades-long erosion of belief in the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic.

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Staff faces risks, cuts, after Israel revoked the licenses of 37 humanitarian organizations for not complying with new registration rules

Prism

Afghanistan
Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan

Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan

Andersen said, “I mean, you can’t really fathom that this is actually something that is being said out loud. It just seems too crazy.”

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

Germany, home to the largest Yazidi diaspora outside Iraq, initially granted protection to those fleeing IS.

The Conversation

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