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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

The Strait of Hormuz and Iran: Where Geography becomes a Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz and Iran: Where Geography becomes a Weapon

02/27/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Waiting for ICE

Waiting for ICE

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Iraq
Bombings Roil Iraq as Sunni Arabs Re-arm

Bombings Roil Iraq as Sunni Arabs Re-arm

The death toll in Thursday’s bombings and attacks in Baghdad and environs rose to about 67 dead, with hundreds wounded. Most of the attacks honed […]

Juan Cole

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Suleimani:  The US Decline in the Middle East

Suleimani: The US Decline in the Middle East

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian press about Qasim Suleimani, the head of the Jerusalem (Qods) Brigade of the Iranian […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Occupy Your Heart

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Occupy Your Heart

Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode, to the year to come. But just look around you!

Juan Cole

Iraq
60 Dead in Baghdad Bombings; Iran and Al-Maliki

60 Dead in Baghdad Bombings; Iran and Al-Maliki

Update: 60 are dead in massive Baghdad bombings, probably by Sunni Arab guerrillas, as PM Nouri al-Maliki attempts to marginalize Sunnis politically Is Iran a […]

Juan Cole

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Massacre alleged in Syria

Massacre alleged in Syria

Syrian opposition groups alleged that the Syrian government committed a massacre in Idlib on Wednesday, leaving over 100 dead, most of them said to be […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Women Rally against Police Brutality

Egyptian Women Rally against Police Brutality

Thousands of women rallied near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, protesting the mistreatment meted out to women protesters by security forces. In some […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt Scientific Institute up in Flames

Egypt Scientific Institute up in Flames

The Scientific Institute in Cairo has been burned. It was the second oldest such institute outside Europe, after the one in Philadelphia. Some 200,000 rare […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones

The drone had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong…

Juan Cole

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Iraq on the Brink: Court Forbids VP al-Hashimi from Leaving Country

Iraq on the Brink: Court Forbids VP al-Hashimi from Leaving Country

The Iraqi equivalent of the supreme court issued an order Monday forbidding Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi from leaving Iraq, according to al-Hayat writing in Arabic. […]

Juan Cole

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