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Iran says Hormuz reopening hinges on U.S. accepting Tehran’s conditions. From the Cradle. A spokesman for the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Mohebbi, confirmed today that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is subject to the mechanisms and conditions specific to the Islamic Republic and is not related to the ongoing negotiations between Iran and Oman. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s SUDAN, YEMEN, SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for ALL OF IT 8-7-26.) — MCM

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ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week. ‘Avoiding nuclear extinction,’ at 8 p.m. EDT. From Consortium News. Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter and economics Professor Rick Wolff, emeritus of the University of Massachusetts. From CN intro: “On the 81st anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, we ask how we can avoid nuclear holocaust. Plus overreaction to U.S. socialism and Trump’s trap in Iran.” Click HERE around 8 tonight EDT to livestream, and later for video — and for Lauria’s longer introduction.

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Zelenskyy visits Belgrade as Russia attacks Kyiv region, by Jovana Gec and Volodymyr Yurchuk | AP  BELGRADE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Kyiv on Saturday as he visited Serbia, one of the few European countries that has maintained friendly relations with Moscow throughout its invasion of Ukraine. Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for most of same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others

Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region in drone attack. From Reuters. A fire at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia‘s southern Krasnodar region has been extinguished, local authorities said today, adding that it had been caused by debris from a Ukrainian drone. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s IRAN, UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and for WEST BANK 8-6-26.) — MCM

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Israeli occupiers intensify attacks on Bedouin community near Ramalla. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli occupiers are intensifying attacks on a Palestinian Bedouin community east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank in an attempt to displace its residents, a rights group said today, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Iran moves to ban U.S., Israeli ships from Hormuz, charge toll. From NPR. Iran’s parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other “hostile countries” from transiting the Strait of Hormuz until Tehran is compensated for war damage, according to Iranian state media. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE, HERE and HERE for three segments from NPR‘s “Morning Edition.”

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FROM AUG. 6  Trump’s Iran dilemma: He’s stuck in war with no end in sight, by Matt Spetalnick | Reuters  With President Donald Trump’s war against Iran now in its sixth month, this week’s flurry of threats and diplomacy has underscored the ever-tighter bind . . . READ MORE . . .

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A link to an article and a letter, both via Consortium News, and to a report from Truthout; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for ALL OF IT 7-30-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 6  Let Hiroshima remind us, by Scott Ritter | Special to Consortium News  The United States is redesigning its nuclear posture to make the employment of tactical nuclear weapons during the early stages of conflict official doctrine. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 6  An appeal to Pope Leo  Signed by Jack Gilroy and seven other members of Pax Christi in New York State.  We are getting as close to nuclear war as we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. That crisis ended with diplomacy that saved the planet, and Pope John XXIII was a key figure in making that happen. His influential role is not well known. This is how it developed. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 5  Faith leaders collectively raise alarm as AI and nuclear weapons systems merge, by Jon Letman | Truthout   Spending on nuclear weapons continues to rise sharply, growing by nearly 20 percent last year as nuclear arsenals are modernized and expanded. In May, for the third time in 16 years, negotiations over the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty failed to reach a consensus document. READ MORE . . .

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Explosive device kills two Israeli soldiers, wounds several in south Lebanon. From the Cradle. Tel Aviv confirmed in a statement today that two of its occupation soldiers were killed by a resistance explosive device in Lebanon a day earlier, coinciding with a significant escalation of strikes on the country’s south. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 5  Israel escalates against south Lebanon amid reports of new resistance operation. From the Cradle. The Israeli army launched a deadly wave of airstrikes against south Lebanon on Wednesday, announcing in a statement that “precise strikes” were carried out in response to a “blatant violation” of the so-called ceasefire by Hezbollah. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 5  Israeli military to set up polling stations in occupied Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye  TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has begun preparing to install polling stations in occupied areas of the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria ahead of the general election on Oct. 27, Army Radio reported on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ issues first building contract for outpost to house Moroccan troops. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” has issued its first construction contract for Gaza since the organization’s establishment in January, the Guardian reported today, citing a source familiar with the matter. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 5  Israeli military to set up polling stations in occupied Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye  TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has begun preparing to install polling stations in occupied areas of the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria ahead of the general election on Oct. 27, Army Radio reported on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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Jewish terrorists have become ‘sovereign’ in West Bank, Ynet analyst says. From Middle East Monitor. Jewish extremists and terrorists have effectively become “the sovereign” in the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli army protects their illegal activities and serves the political interests of the far-right government, a veteran Israeli military analyst has warned. READ MORE . . .