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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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Understanding Islam: Kecia Ali on ‘The Lives of Muhammad’

Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary The life of Prophet Muhammad has inspired […]

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The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East?  Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria

The end of National Sovereignty in the Middle East? Iraqi Kurdistan sends troops into Syria

By Juan Cole: Al-Manar reports that the legislature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) has voted to send Kurdistan forces to […]

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Epidemics
Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in "War on Ebola"

Top 4 Things we can learn from War on Terror in “War on Ebola”

By Karen J. Greenberg via Tomdispatch.com These days, two “wars” are in the headlines: one against the marauding Islamic State and its new caliphate of […]

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Israel
The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable

The momentum to recognize a Palestinian State is unstoppable

By Farhang Jahanpour Once again, the British Parliament has led the way with an epoch-making decision. On Monday 13 October 2014, British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly […]

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Colonialism
America didn't learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire

America didn’t learn the Lessons of Tribes & Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, Leading to the Iraq Quagmire

By David Moore The rise of ISIL, as well as the resurgence of the Taliban, has brought numerous “experts” out to offer analyses on the […]

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Barack Obama
Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition

Iran Proposes Axis against ISIL to Iraqi PM Abadi as alternative to US Coalition

By Juan Cole al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proposed to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi an anti-ISIL […]

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Israel
Israeli Squatters Sabotage Palestinian Wells in Jordan Valley

Israeli Squatters Sabotage Palestinian Wells in Jordan Valley

JERICHO (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israeli settlers damaged wells belonging to Palestinians in the Khirbet Samra area of the Jordan Valley, a local official said […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis to ISIL, US Coalition: A Pox on Both your Houses

Iraqi Sunnis to ISIL, US Coalition: A Pox on Both your Houses

Sunni Muslim Militias Decide They Won’t Fight With IS – or The US Alliance By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org It is clear […]

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Climate Change
"Don't Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class" - Jesse Ventura

“Don’t Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class” – Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura “Off The Grid” “Don’t send these Poll-cats back to Congress. Send them back to science class!” Today, Jesse Ventura runs down three of […]

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