from the News Desk at the Cradle, May 9, 2026 The Gulf monarchy recently expelled lawmakers from parliament for opposing the crackdown that stripped dozens of Bahrainis of their citizenship Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced on 9 May the arrest of 41 citizens, including multiple Shia religious leaders, over alleged ties …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Al Mayadeen News, March 2, 2026 As Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, targeting civilian sites in the South, East, and in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, civilian casualties continue to mount. “Israel” has killed 52 Lebanese civilians and injured 154 others during the aggression on Lebanon, the Lebanese government’s Disaster Management …
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by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, February 21, 2026 Editor’s Note: Afghanistan, a country that has experience U.S. aggression since before the Taliban came to power, is a neighbor of Iran. Many Afghan refugees live or have lived in Iran. But this is a new fresh Taliban. Look …
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by Tamjid Kobaissy, published on The Cradle, January 29, 2026 Lebanon has become the unlikely stage for a slow Saudi pivot toward pragmatism, as regional rifts with allies and foes alike compel Riyadh to recalculate its hard lines. Editor’s Note: This is very interesting. It is a little out of …
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by Helena Cobban, Published on Just World Educational Newsletter, January 24, 2026 What a week it has been– in international affairs, in domestic affairs here in the United States, and for the millions of our fellow humans in Iran and in Gaza who today face intense threats from Pres.Trump and …
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by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 2025 This is the first of a 4 part series showing the depth of U.S. Intervention in Syria. Research reveals a decades long battle to get rid of the sovereign nationalist government of Syria and replace it with a puppet. [jb] …
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by Kevork Almassian, published on Kevork’s Newsletter, December 14, 2025 As Washington blesses monarchies and Jolani echoes Baghdadi’s words from the Umayyad Mosque, Syria is being steered from broken republic to Islamic throne. SSM Editor: External forces are building a new Syria on the Saudi Model, only without the fortune …
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