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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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Christianity
Why US Media will focus on Pope's 'Gay' Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Why US Media will focus on Pope’s ‘Gay’ Remarks but Ignore those on the Poor, Amazon Environment

Pope Francis comes across in the media as a person who cares for others, and his genial personality, it seems to me, allows him to […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Kenya is blessed with a great deal of hydroelectric power, but its electricity needs outstrip that source’s ability to supply them, a problem that will […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia:  Extremists Kill 9 Troops, Defiant Gov't Sets Dec. 17 Elections

Tunisia: Extremists Kill 9 Troops, Defiant Gov’t Sets Dec. 17 Elections

After days of demonstrations and turmoil, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addressed the public in Tunisia on Monday. Despite calls that he resign in favor of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Backlash against Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Call for foreign Intervention in Egypt

Egyptian Backlash against Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Call for foreign Intervention in Egypt

Maverick Muslim ‘televangelist’ Yusuf Qaradawi has provoked fury in many quarters of Egypt with his recent fatwas and statements on that country. Qaradawi is an […]

Juan Cole

Libya
All Hell Breaks Loose in Libya

All Hell Breaks Loose in Libya

Over the weekend, all hell broke loose in Libya, in worrying ways that suggest that the government is entering new depths of paralysis and incompetence, […]

Juan Cole

social media
Twitter Sexist Bullying:  The Criado-Perez Case (Channel 4 Video)

Twitter Sexist Bullying: The Criado-Perez Case (Channel 4 Video)

“She led the successful campaign to put a woman’s image on the [British] £10 note – but feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez has found herself the […]

Juan Cole

CIA
The Kidnapper & Torturer vs. the Whistleblower: The Gov’t’s different Treatment of Lady and Snowden (Engelhardt)

The Kidnapper & Torturer vs. the Whistleblower: The Gov’t’s different Treatment of Lady and Snowden (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: He came and he went: that was the joke that circulated in 1979 when 70-year-old former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Elbaradei, al-Azhar, Leftist Youth Condemn Excessive Force

Egypt: Elbaradei, al-Azhar, Leftist Youth Condemn Excessive Force

Egypt reacted with shock and grief to the massacre of Muslim Brothers early Sunday morning. Even figures who supported the July 3 coup such as […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia:  Government Teeters on Brink after Slain Leftist's Funeral.

Tunisia: Government Teeters on Brink after Slain Leftist’s Funeral.

An estimated 50,000 came out in Tunis for the funeral of the assassinated leftist opposition member of parliament Mohamed Brahmi, leader of the pro-worker Popular […]

Juan Cole

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