News from The Cradle, May 23, 2026 Twenty-seven countries have moved to activate emergency World Bank financing mechanisms since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February, Reuters reported on 22 May. Three nations have already received approval for fast-tracked funding, while the other 24 are in the process …
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News from The Cradle, May 24, 2026 The Nujaba Movement in Iraq is serving as an obstacle to new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s pledge to impose a state monopoly over weapons in the country, Asharq al-Awsat reported on 23 May. “The resistance’s weapons are not open to compromise,” stated the …
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by Steven Saihounie, published on MidEast Discourse, May 7, 2026 Iraq is navigating a precarious geopolitical landscape as the conflict between the United States and Iran intensifies, threatening the nation’s security, its primary revenue source, and its fragile political stability. High-ranking U.S. officials have revealed a staggering increase in hostilities, …
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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, …
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News from Defend Democracy Press, March 5, 2026 The British Defence Ministry has said that a drone that targeted its air base of Akrotiri in Cyprus was not launched from Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to allow the Americans to use UK air bases to launch the initial …
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by Abutalib Albohaya, published on The Cradle, February 17, 2026 In Baghdad, where politicians sleep with one eye open to a geography of anxiety, Iraqis awoke to a scene that revived memories of the strongman era and its unforgiving rules of engagement. Behind Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s abrupt withdrawal …
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from the News Desk @ The Cradle, January 23, 2026 Washington has threatened to block Iraq’s access to its own oil revenue held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if representatives of Shia armed parties enjoying support from Iran are included in the next government, Reuters reported on …
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by Phil Taylor and Jeremy Kuzmarov, The Taylor Report, December 8, 2025 00:00:00 – Phil Taylor Good morning. Welcome to CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto. This is the Taylor Report. I’m Phil Taylor, your host. We’re going to be talking today with one of the authors of a book, “Syria, …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 12, 2025 Syria’s self-appointed interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will not attend the upcoming Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital, according to an Arab diplomatic source who spoke with AFP on 12 May. In his stead, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will lead …
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from Syria TV, published on Syrian Observer, February 20, 2025 Syria TV has learned from Iraqi political sources that Baghdad is preparing to receive Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in the coming period, signaling a shift in relations from intelligence-level coordination to full political engagement. Speaking to Syria TV, the …
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