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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Al-Maliki: US Troops Out!

Al-Maliki: US Troops Out!

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made news this week with his interview in the Wall Street Journal, in the course of which he insisted that […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey, 1920

Turkey, 1920

Click image for large map. Turkey, 1920 (Shows Allied occupation of Istanbul, plans to give territory to Greece, Italy, in post-Ottoman Turkish-speaking territories plus Eastern […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Reject Piecemeal Talks offered by Israel

Palestinians Reject Piecemeal Talks offered by Israel

The Palestine Authority roundly rejected on Monday the suggestion by Israeli Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu that an ‘interim agreement’ between Israel and the PA might […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Map: Druze Communities

Map: Druze Communities

Distribution of the Druze communities in the Levant.. For more on the Druze religion see this link.

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Myths about Afghanistan, 2010

Top Ten Myths about Afghanistan, 2010

10. “There has been significant progress in tamping down the insurgency in Afghanistan.” Fact: A recent National Intelligence Estimate by 16 intelligence agencies found no […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Collateral Damage in Pakistan: Cloughley

Collateral Damage in Pakistan: Cloughley

Brian Cloughley writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: I started thinking about the phrase after a recent, disturbing trip to Pakistan. ‘Collateral damage’ […]

Juan Cole

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Map: Syria Land Use

Map: Syria Land Use

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
80 Killed in Bombing, Military Strikes in Pakistan

80 Killed in Bombing, Military Strikes in Pakistan

On Saturday, a suicide bomber targeted a food aid center in Khar in Bajaur, one of Pakistan’s northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas, killing 43 and […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen Ethnic and Religious Groups

Yemen Ethnic and Religious Groups

Juan Cole

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