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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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Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The pan-Arab London daily, Al-Hayat [Life] reports that the Iraqi Kurdistan paramilitary, the Peshmerga, have taken Mt. Sinjar […]

Juan Cole

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GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

Link TV | — “The eastern coast of the United States– from the Gulf of Mexico to New England — has one of the highest […]

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Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of protesters marched in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday to denounce a gas deal with Israel that is expected […]

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Iran
 Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

By Frud Bezhan | (RFE/RL) | — Iran is well-known for its stinging anti-Israeli rhetoric and refusal to recognize what it calls the “Zionist regime.” […]

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Apartheid
Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

AJ+ | — “With tensions rising in Jerusalem, hate crimes against Palestinians have increased in recent months. Mohammed lost his cousin to one such incident […]

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Israel
"Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel" - Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

“Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel” – Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

TeleSur | — “In France, former Israeli President Shimon Peres said that a Palestinian State is necessary in order to have a democratic Jewish state. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians on Friday held a march against the Israeli occupation and settlement policies in the West Bank in the village […]

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Iraq
Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Last week, fighters from tribes in Anbar were forced to give up their hold on the […]

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5 Countries where Solar Power is making a Revolution

5 Countries where Solar Power is making a Revolution

By Juan Cole | — Developing countries of the global south don’t have enough electricity. Sometimes rural populations are only just now getting electricity. Ironically, […]

Juan Cole

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