from the Arab Press, published on Conflicts Forum, May 26, 2026 A compilation tracking consequential observations — Analysis & reports from regional commentators MbZ gambles with UAE’s future; stakes everything on Israel & US / ‘Abraham Accords are an Emirati-controlled structure; Saudi Arabia will never join’ / ‘Current normalisation talk …
Read More »Pakistan-Iran Corridor Punches Through the Hormuz Blockade
by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, May 8, 2026 When more than 3,000 Iran-bound containers began piling up at Karachi’s ports, the Strait of Hormuz crisis had already moved beyond the sea. It was now pressing on Pakistan’s docks, customs authorities, and border crossings. Soon after, Islamabad announced an …
Read More »A Negotiated Settlement for a Sovereign Iran is Nigh Impossible
by Alistair Crooke, published on Conflict Forum’s Substack, May 2, 2026 Putting two sides together — let alone three — who have wildly diverse chronicles of their histories and even less commonality in charting their future national trajectory was innately unlikely to reach an agreed settlement. More likely in such …
Read More »The Hooves of the Four Horsemen
by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, April 20, 2026 I am not a believer in spiritual prophesy, but prediction is no more than deduction from facts, and more accurate, in my opinion. In our current global circumstances, the facts support some pretty nasty consequences, which can be the subject of …
Read More »Six Non-Negotiable Terms from International Scholars and Former Officials from 30 Countries to End the U.S. War on Iran Amid Trump’s Threat of War Crimes
Iranian Press Release, published on Global Research, April 10, 2026 The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of …
Read More »Syrianna Analysis: Only One Solution for Israeli Aggression
Strait of Hormuz ‘No Longer Open’, Ships Turn Back; Gunfire Reported
from Defend Democracy Press, April 18, 2026 (src: Al Mayadeen English) Merchant vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz reported security incidents on Saturday, including gunfire, and renewed restrictions, as maritime tensions intensified in the strategic waterway, according to shipping and security sources. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations …
Read More »What Bombs Cannot Kill. Part I: Ali Shariati, the Iranian Revolution, and the Arrogant New Empire
by Amir Nour and Laala Bechetoula, published on Global Research, March 31, 2026 “Every century has its Abou Dharr. Islam is waiting for its own.” (Ali Shariati, Islam and the Social Question, 1972) “The wretched of the earth no longer wait. They act.” (Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, …
Read More »Will the US-Israeli War on Iran Open the Road to Palestinian Freedom?
by Ramzy Baroud, published on Antiwar.com, March 29, 2026 Editor’s Note: Many people who were new to antiwar activism were very upset when the US/Israeli war on Iran appeared to ‘upstage’ their efforts to end the Gaza Genocide. Ramzy Baroud provides a very clear explanation of why this is a …
Read More »Trump’s “Present” and the Asymmetry of Escalation in the Strait of Hormuz — A Reassessment
by Rima Najjar, published on Global Research, March 26, 2026 The Gulf Asymmetry: Structural, But Not Automatic When Donald Trump recently described Iran’s behavior as a “present” to the United States — tied to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and allegedly worth a tremendous sum — he pointed to a deeper strategic …
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