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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Syria
The US Should Leave Syria, but Must Protect its Kurds from Turkey

The US Should Leave Syria, but Must Protect its Kurds from Turkey

A small detachment of U.S. troops won’t protect the Kurds from Turkish aggression, but putting conditions on arms transfers might.

Stephen Zunes

Islamophobia
Can Online anti-Muslim Hate Speech be Combated? There's an App for that

Can Online anti-Muslim Hate Speech be Combated? There’s an App for that

By Bertie Vidgen and Taha Yasseri | – In a landmark move, a group of MPs recently published a working definition of the term Islamophobia. […]

The Conversation

Syria
Al-Qaeda-Linked Guerrillas make Gains in Northwest Syria

Al-Qaeda-Linked Guerrillas make Gains in Northwest Syria

Tahrir al-Sham, formerly affiliated to al Qaeda, had launched an attack on Tuesday against towns in the western countryside of Aleppo

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan

Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan

“A Commentary on the words that spewed from Trump’s mouth at his news conference during a cabinet meeting on January 2, 2019,” or, “A Ph.D. […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations

Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations

Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to Remain Behind Bars Until 2023

Human Rights Watch

Israel
Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?

Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?

The leaders of the ‘Jewish Home’ are now the leaders of the ‘New Right’.

Maan News Agency

Environmentalism
Can the Green New Deal Save the Planet *and* Create Jobs?

Can the Green New Deal Save the Planet *and* Create Jobs?

By Norah Vawter | – (Otherwords.org) – Lately there’s been a lot of bad news about climate change and the future of humanity. In October, […]

Norah Vawter

Holocaust
Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide

Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide

Hitler “ordered all action speeded up.”

The Conversation

Featured
Saudi Arabia muscles Netflix over Minhaj Criticism of Khashoggi Murder

Saudi Arabia muscles Netflix over Minhaj Criticism of Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Netflix has been forced to pull Episode 2 of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” for Saudi viewers because it criticizes […]

Juan Cole

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