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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025:  The US and the Middle East
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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

The big victors in the rise of a Lebanon-Syria-Jordan Sunni Crescent are Turkiye and the Sunni Arab Gulf monarchies

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Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

12/28/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

12/28/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]

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Syria
Ghoul's Glossary:  From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]

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John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

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Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

A shame that bankruptcy has left us without capital in hand, and that so many hearts have been        left bleeding by the blade […]

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Syria:  You know you’re in Trouble When…

Syria: You know you’re in Trouble When…

Some observations for the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad: You know you’re in trouble when you can only rule over people if you massacre them: […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Obamas Scramble for Africa (Turse)

Obamas Scramble for Africa (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com Obama’s Scramble for Africa Secret Wars, Secret Bases, and the Pentagon’s “New Spice Route” in Africa By Nick Turse They […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (412) “Don’t waste a minute of your life”

Omar Khayyam (412) “Don’t waste a minute of your life”

Don’t give your body over to lamenting cruel destiny; Don’t dedicate your soul to grief at recollections of the dead. Don’t throw away your heart […]

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Romney: Kayak & Shark  (Political Cartoon)

Romney: Kayak & Shark (Political Cartoon)

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