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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability
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Iraqi Gov’t Agrees with US to Take Custody of 7,000 ISIL Fighters in Light of Syrian Instability

Juan Cole

The thousands of ISIL fighters imprisoned by the Kurds in 14 detention centers had terrorized western and northern Iraq and eastern Syria

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

Illegal Israeli Strikes burn Lebanon’s Orchards, Wildlife Habitat

01/23/2026 By The Conversation

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire

01/23/2026 By William D. Hartung

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3rd Possibility:  Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

3rd Possibility: Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

By Juan Cole | — Observers of the evolution of the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians have long argued that there are only two […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Fearing IS, Palestinian families leave Mosul for Iraqi Kurdistan | — RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — About 120 Palestinian families have emigrated from Mosul in northern Iraq […]

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Economy
Child Homelessness rising in US -- Red States wonder why they're the Worst

Child Homelessness rising in US — Red States wonder why they’re the Worst

ABC 15, AZ | — “Arizona ranks as one of the worst states for homeless children.” ABC 15 Arizona: “Increase in homeless children in the […]

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Iran
Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

By Hamid Zangeneh | — We have a few days left to the final deadline (Nov. 24 target date) for this round of negotiations between […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

Egypt’s Battle for Worker’s Rights in Upcoming Legislation

By Nehal Amer Over the past year Egypt has undergone harsh reforms in a narrowing sociopolitical environment. New legislation is rapidly being produced in the […]

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Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

Americans 64 times more likely to be Murdered than die in Terrorism

By Juan Cole | — The Institute for Economics and Peace in the UK has released a report on terrorism in 2013, which it maintains […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
"More Collective Punishment of Gaza":  Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

“More Collective Punishment of Gaza”: Norwegian Dr. Denied Entrance to Gaza by Israelis

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Norwegian physician who has volunteered in the medical field in the Gaza Strip repeatedly in recent years has been banned by […]

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History
Turkish President Alleges Muslims 'discovered' America before Columbus

Turkish President Alleges Muslims ‘discovered’ America before Columbus

Ruptly TV | — [ What follows is some crackpot theory completely divorced from reality… for another attempt at mystifying the Ottomans in the New […]

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Iraq
Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

Yazidi Women Victimized by Daesh/ ISIL tell of Rape, Slavery, & their Resistance

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org | — Three months ago, the extremist group known as the Islamic State kidnapped hundreds of women […]

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