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Strategic and Geopolitical Assessment
Day 50: Tehran Buries the "Negotiation Theater" at the Bottom of Hormuz... and Netanyahu Drags Trump by His "Leash" into the Hell of the...
Strait of Hormuz ‘no longer open’, ships turn back; gunfire reported
Ships report gunfire and turn back in the Strait of Hormuz as tensions rise and uncertainty grows over maritime security in the key waterway,...
Iran signals re-closure of Hormuz as it rejects uranium transfer abroad
Ships approaching the waterway on Saturday turn back after Iran's navy tells them it's 'shut again'
Apr. 18, 2026
Iran on Saturday denied US claims that it...
“Day Forty-Nine: Tehran Imposes the Lebanese Truce with a “24-Hour Ultimatum”…...
Strategic and Geopolitical Assessment (Friday - April 17, 2026 | Dawn of the 49th Day of the War)
Tonight, we stand on the threshold of...
Norman Finkelstein: Trump Too Humiliated to Reignite War on Iran
Norman Finkelstein’s Interview with Middle East Eye about the aggression against Iran and Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Transcript and notes between brackets: Alain Marshal
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Nuclear Myths Continue to Fuel Neocon Fantasies
Mark Levin is a fool, but he is hardly the only one.
By James W. Carden*
Apr 09, 2026
In a recent televised rant on the Fox...
The great return: Thousands head home as ceasefire in Lebanon begins
By Al Mayadeen English
Apr 17, 2026
Thousands make their way back home to Southern Lebanon and Beirut's Southern Suburb as the ceasefire kicks in following...
During War, Climate Chaos and Even Civilization Become Ephemeral
By Evaggelos Vallianatos*
Apr 15, 2026
Prologue: threatening civilization
Pope Leo XIV criticized the delusions of omnipotence that US and Israel display in fighting their illegal and immoral...
US Sends Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Considers Ground Ops...
Apr 15, 2026
The US is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East and is considering restarting the bombing campaign against Iran or...
Ceasefire in Lebanon ‘as important’ as in Iran, Ghalibaf says
By Al Jazeera Staff
16 Apr 2026
Tehran ‘striving’ to compel the US and Israel to establish a permanent ceasefire in all conflict zones, Iranian parliament...