First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN so far, and for WEST  BANK 7-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY  16  Palestine lists 12 new sites on tentative UNESCO heritage list to counter Israeli erasure. From the Cradle. The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Thursday registered 12 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List in a bid to bolster international protection for heritage sites against an escalating Israeli campaign of cultural erasure. READ MORE . . .

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN so far, and down for SYRIA 7-9-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down today’s WEST BANK, SYRIA, GAZA and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 7-16-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to reports from Middle East Monitor and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK, SYRIA, LEBANON and IRAN so far, and down for GAZA 7-16-26.) — MCM

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Israel continues killing Gaza children as ‘matter of routine’: Haaretz. From Middle East Monitor. The Israeli daily reported today that 274 children in Gaza have been killed since the Oct. 10, 2025, ceasefire took effect. The newspaper said the figure means an average of one child killed each day during the ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye, to a discussion from NPR, and to a commentary from the Cradle; other published material (or at least headlines) is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK, SYRIA, LEBANON and GAZA so far, and down for IRAN 7-16-26.) — MCM

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U.S., Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation, by Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira | Reuters  DUBAI — The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran today and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for AP report with video and photos. Click HERE for most of same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from NPR.

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Iran hits U.S positions in Syria, Jordan, Oman. From the Cradle. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps today announced its latest retaliatory strikes on Washington’s assets in the region — targeting sites in Syria, Jordan, Oman, and Kuwait. READ MORE . . .

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IRGC says it hit U.S. special operations unit in Syria as bombs fall on Iran for sixth straight day. From Middle East Eye. Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched an attack on a U.S. special operations command centre at al-Tanf in Syria today, as the U.S. bombed Iran for a sixth consecutive night. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. blocks SSL security certificates for Iran’s Fars News Agency. From the Cradle. The act, revealed by the news agency today, cuts the country’s most visited news outlet off from browser-trusted encryption. Without valid certificates, visitors to the site face security warnings and restricted access, while Fars content has been removed from Google search results. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 16  The war with Iran enters a new phase. How long will it last? Greg Myre, Tom Bowman and Mary Louise Kelly of NPR consider the latest on the war with Iran and whether there’s any way out. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM JULY 15  How the Strait of Hormuz is testing the Iran-Oman alliance, by Fereshteh Sadeghi | The Cradle  Iran and Oman have been allies for decades, with ties predating the Islamic Republic. That continuity is now under strain. READ MORE . . .

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Here is some more detail in outline form about how the 2018 book 9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigaation, by David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth, is put together. (Scroll down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and for 9/11 TRUTH 7-15-26.) — MCM

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The fifty-nine chapters are arranged into nine groups.

The second group is titled “The Destruction of WTC 7.”

Its two-page introduction begins with the words “World Trade Center 7 was a forty-seven-story steel-framed building that was like the Twin Towers in two fundamental ways.”

Its eight chapters are titled as follows:  * The Claim That WTC 7 Collapsed from Fire Alone. * The Claim in NIST’s Draft Report That WTC 7 Did Not Come Down in Free Fall. * The Claim in NIST’s Final Report That WTC 7 Came Down in Free Fall Without Explosives. * The Assumption That NIST’s Computer Simulation of the Fall of WTC 7 Matched the Observed Collapse. * The Assumption That NIST’s Analysis of the Collapse Initiation of WTC 7 Is Valid. * The Claim That No Steel Was Recovered from WTC 7. * The Claim Foreknowledge of WTC’s Fall Was Based on Witness Observations. * The Claim That a Massive Explosion in WTC 7 Reported by Michael Hess and Barry Jennings Was Caused by the North Tower Collapse.

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Here is a link to an article from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name, (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and for GAZA 7-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 15  This is the real Gaza plan, by Ramzy Baroud | Middle East Monitor  Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general elections — likely to be held in October — or after. Conceding an inch . . . READ MORE . . .

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Here are links to reports from Middle East Eye and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, UKRAINE and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 7-15-26.) — MCM

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Lebanon’s Mitri says divisive Israel framework still lacks government approval, by Daniel Hilton and Adam Chamseddine | Middle East Eye  BEIRUT — The Israel–Lebanon framework is not workable in its current form and cannot become a binding agreement without approval from the Lebanese government, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. claims ‘progress’ in latest round of Lebanon-Israel talks. From the Cradle. Lebanese and Israeli representatives concluded on Wednesday the sixth round of direct, U.S.-brokered talks in Rome — as reports indicated “progress” on a framework allegedly aimed at securing initial Israeli troop “withdrawals” from south Lebanon. READ MORE . . .

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Here are links to five reports: from the Moscow Times, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Modern Diplomacy; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 7-13-26.) — MCM

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At least 3 killed in Ukrainian attacks across Russia. From the Moscow Times. Regional authorities this morning reported the overnight attacks in the central Yaroslavl region and the western Bryansk region. Meanwhile two people were reported to have been killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv. READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian drone attack killed chief engineer at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia says. From Reuters. The chief engineer at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station, the head of Russia‘s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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Here are links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, and Drop Site News; to an article from Conflicts Forum via Consortium News; and to interviews from National Public Radio and Danny Haiphong’s YouTube channel; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11TRUTH, GAZA, LEBANON and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 7-15-26.) — MCM

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Iran strikes U.S. base in Jordan as American bombardment continues. From Middle East Eye. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out the Jordan attack in retaliation for a strike launched from the base that hit “the vicinity of a children’s cancer hospital.” Iranian drone strikes also targeted U.S. bases and facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. READ MORE . . .

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Vance accuses Israeli officials of efforts to keep war on Iran raging. From the Cradle. U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday accused elements within Israel of trying to derail negotiations with Iran and manipulate U.S. public opinion to keep the war going “indefinitely.”  Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Vance cited a Time magazine investigation. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM JULY 15  Iran says 35 civilians killed in recent U.S. attacks on south. From Middle East Monitor. At least 35 civilians have been killed and over 300 others injured including women and children in recent U.S. attacks on southern Iran, the Iranian Health Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 15  Iran sent message to JD Vance warning that Kushner and Witkoff were ‘abusing’ their inside access to negotiations, by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim | Drop Site News  During the U.S.-Iran talks in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, in late June, Iranian negotiators sent a private message to Vice President JD Vance through an intermediary, according to a senior Iranian official. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 13  Trump invites self-destruction through the latest escalation of war. Journalist Danny Haiphong talks with former British diplomat Alastair Crooke of Conflicts Forum. Crooke sees a Greek tragedy playing out: a misled and desperate U.S. president confronts an Iran benefitting from civilizational strength. Click HERE for video of interview.

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FROM JULY 9  Iran war 3.0, by Alastair Crooke | Conflicts Forum / Consortium News  When the U.S. Navy, in co-ordination with Qatar and Oman, tried to slip a convoy of four vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, via Omani waters, on the night of July 7 — rather than pass via Iran’s officially approved route — U.S. President Donald Trump may have imagined (or been told) . . . READ MORE . . .

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