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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Donald Trump

Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

05/14/2025 By Karen J. Greenberg

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Yemen
The Ugly American:  Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution to get out of Yemen

The Ugly American: Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution to get out of Yemen

American and British bombs may have killed or injured 1,000 civilians, including women and children, in Yemen

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Global Inequality is 25% Higher than it would have been in a Climate-Stable World

Global Inequality is 25% Higher than it would have been in a Climate-Stable World

With 12m inhabitants, Mumbai has the world’s largest population exposed to coastal flooding

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Youth among 37 Executed by Saudis had Repudiated Confessions as result of Torture

Youth among 37 Executed by Saudis had Repudiated Confessions as result of Torture

International standards require countries to use death penalty only for the “most serious crimes,” and in exceptional circumstances

Human Rights Watch

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Israel Lobby AIPAC slams Bernie Sanders for branding Netanyahu's Gov't "right-wing, racist"

Israel Lobby AIPAC slams Bernie Sanders for branding Netanyahu’s Gov’t “right-wing, racist”

“The fact of the matter is Netanyahu is a right-wing politician who I think is treating the Palestinian people extremely unfairly”

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Landmark 1st Amendment Ruling striking down Texas Law Banning Israel Boycott won by CAIR

Landmark 1st Amendment Ruling striking down Texas Law Banning Israel Boycott won by CAIR

By Arsalan Bukhari | – WASHINGTON, D.C. (CAIR News Release) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US States use Anti-Boycott Laws to Punish Responsible Businesses cutting Ties with Israel's Illegal Squatters

US States use Anti-Boycott Laws to Punish Responsible Businesses cutting Ties with Israel’s Illegal Squatters

Anti-boycott laws in the US are part of an increasingly global campaign by Israel and its supporters to combat perceived supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement

Human Rights Watch

Climate Change
Not just Notre Dame:  With Global Heating, Arsonists have set the whole World on Fire

Not just Notre Dame: With Global Heating, Arsonists have set the whole World on Fire

We are, of course, talking about nothing short of the ultimate crime, but on any given day of our lives, you’d hardly notice that it was underway

Tom Engelhardt

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Saudi Mass Execution of Shiites draws UN, NGO Condemnation and raises tensions with Iran

Saudi Mass Execution of Shiites draws UN, NGO Condemnation and raises tensions with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi authorities tweeted Wednesday that they had executed 37 persons. Two of the bodies were hung from light poles in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Trump's Crackdown on Iran's Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly-- With Serious Risks to Global Economy

Trump’s Crackdown on Iran’s Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly– With Serious Risks to Global Economy

Inflation-adjusted oil prices nearly doubled during the 1973 embargo

The Conversation

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Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

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Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks?

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