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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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Egypt
Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Too much could easily be made of the pending release from prison of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is still facing charges of complicity […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

How to turn a democracy into a STASI authoritarian state in 10 easy steps: 1. Misuse the concept of a Top Secret government document (say, […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Climate Change Activism as a Nonviolent Movement without Leaders (McKibben)

Climate Change Activism as a Nonviolent Movement without Leaders (McKibben)

Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality — it’s hard to shake. If you were young […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Has Military Suppression of Political Islam ever Worked?

Has Military Suppression of Political Islam ever Worked?

The Egyptian military’s obvious determination to crush the Muslim Brotherhood involves serious human rights violations, apparent in the appalling scenes of the siege of members […]

Juan Cole

Energy
New Hot Zones now cover 5% of Earth; Only Fix is Halting CO2 (Lazare)

New Hot Zones now cover 5% of Earth; Only Fix is Halting CO2 (Lazare)

Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams.org A new study dishes out some very bad news about the global warming crisis. It is too late to stop […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
It’s not about Democracy: Top Ten Reasons Washington is Reluctant to cut off Egypt Aid

It’s not about Democracy: Top Ten Reasons Washington is Reluctant to cut off Egypt Aid

another 80 people died in violence in Egypt on Friday, as Muslim Brotherhood crowds protested the military crackdown on their sit-ins that cost hundreds of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Waco

Egypt’s Waco

Within Egypt, and in many other Arab countries, the shocking killings of Black Wednesday have elicited horror in many quarters, but have actually been supported […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Iran, Israel, and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Opposition to Zionism (Goldman)

Iran, Israel, and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Opposition to Zionism (Goldman)

Shalom Goldman writes at Islamicommentary: In the past few weeks the war of words between Jerusalem and Tehran has intensified. In what now seems a […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cairo Burning (Aerial Video)

Cairo Burning (Aerial Video)

Aerial video of Cairo in the wake of the military atrocity against the Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins shows Cairo aflame. ITN compares it to the 1973 […]

Juan Cole

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