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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?

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9 US Troops Killed; 60 Killed, 170 Wounded in Karbala; Over 60 Bodies Found; Sadr Admonishes Bush Iraqi guerrillas killed 9 US GIs on Friday […]

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Qadhafi Predicts Us Will Lose In Iraq

Qadhafi Predicts Us Will Lose In Iraq

Qadhafi Predicts US Will Lose in Iraq The USG Open Source Center has reported on a speech by Libyan leader Moammar al-Qadhafi in which he […]

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Saudi Terror Plot Averted State Dept

Saudi Terror Plot Averted State Dept.: Terrorism up 30% Condi Rice wanted to delay the news, but it has broken on two fronts. Warren Strobel […]

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3 Marines Killed Iraqis Resist Pressure

3 Marines Killed Iraqis Resist Pressure for Benchmarks Sunni Arab guerrillas killed 3 US Marines in al-Anbar. Veteran foreign affairs correspondent Trudy Rubin argues that […]

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Iranian Press On Iraq Crisis Usg Open

Iranian Press on Iraq Crisis The USG Open Source Center gives highlights of the Iranian press on the Iraq crisis: Highlights: Iranian Media on Iraqi […]

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Iraq Government Spokesman Has

Iraq Criticizes Senate Vote; 72 Killed in Violence An Iraq government spokesman has criticized the Senate vote for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. (I […]

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Riverbend Join Ranks Of Refugees From

Riverbend join Ranks of Refugees from Iraq Prominent Iraqi blogger Riverbend and her family are at last leaving Iraq. The discussions she reports have happened […]

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Iraq War
Iraq Casualty Numbers Doctored Attacks

Iraq Casualty Numbers Doctored Attacks

Iraq Casualty Numbers Doctored Attacks Near Mosul, Khalis Sadr Condemns Wall Since the Bush administration doesn’t actually have any good news on Iraq, they are […]

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Dadullah Claim On Ubl Unreliable Usg

Dadullah Claim On Ubl Unreliable Usg

Dadullah Claim on UBL “Unreliable” The USG Open Source Center has translated the transcript of a Pakistani television interview program that casts doubt on the […]

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