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Israeli army admits civilians make up 80 percent of those killed in . . . The Israeli military has admitted that more than 80 percent of the people killed in the attacks on Gaza since Israel breached the ceasefire two months ago are uninvolved civilians, Hamakom reported on 13 May In response to a request from the Hebrew magazine, the office of the Israeli military's spokesperson stated that 500 of the 2,780 killed in the Gaza Strip as of Tuesday are “terrorists ”
Yemen targets USS Harry Truman twice in 24 hours The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) targeted Washington’s aircraft carrier the USS Harry Truman twice in 24 hours, in response to the deadly US–British attack against Yemen over the weekend “For the second time within 24 hours, the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman was targeted in the northern Red Sea with a number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in a clash that lasted
EXCLUSIVE: US makes failed bid for Iran to allow symbolic . . . - The Cradle An Iranian military security official has revealed exclusively to The Cradle that the US contacted the Islamic Republic, asking the nation to allow Israel "a symbolic strike to save face” following Iran's retaliatory drone and missile barrage this weekend
Iran–Armenia joint drills warn off foreign-designed border changes As tensions escalated between Iran and the US ahead of indirect talks in Oman, Iran and Armenia held a joint military exercise on 9–10 April along their shared border Conducted in Iran’s Norduz region in East Azerbaijan Province, the drill aimed to reinforce bilateral security cooperation and regional stability
Return of the trigger mechanism threatens to collapse Iran nuclear . . . Photo Credit: The Cradle In the past two weeks, the UK, France, and Germany have spearheaded a coordinated effort before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to declare Iran non‑compliant, and set the stage for UN snapback sanctions under Articles 36–37 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) – also
Tom Barrack’s ‘Sykes-Picot’ mandate: Redrawing West Asia for Empire Photo Credit: The Cradle Tom Barrack, a 77-year-old businessman and close confidant of US President Donald Trump, is no ordinary envoy His appointment as both US ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy to Syria places him at the heart of Washington’s newest strategy in West Asia
Iran, China launch new commercial railway bypassing US sanctions A new commercial rail route connecting China to Iran has officially launched with the arrival of the first cargo train from the eastern Chinese city of Xian at the Aprin dry port near Tehran Aprin's CEO highlighted the port's strategic role in lowering transport costs and reducing reliance on coastal freight hubs
Return of the Ikhwan: Erdogan reboots the Muslim Brotherhood in West Asia Photo Credit: The Cradle During the so-called Arab Spring, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan envisioned reviving Neo-Ottoman ambitions through ideological alignment with the Muslim Brotherhood But as Brotherhood-linked movements faltered, especially after Egypt’s 2013 coup, those plans were shelved
The BRICS weigh in on Palestine - The Cradle Photo Credit: The Cradle MOSCOW - Something of extraordinary magnitude happened in Moscow on 23 May Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to help organize a peace conference on Palestine, at which Russia would be the first non-Arab nation invited