For today, links to four reports: from the Cradle, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible via their names or initials below. (LEBANON, SYRIA, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, are HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE, or scroll up or down. IRAN 3-8-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Trump revokes U.S. sanctions waiver for Iraqi energy imports from Iran. From the Cradle. President Donald Trump has revoked a US sanctions waiver allowing the Iraqi government to import electricity from Iran, a State Department spokesperson said on Saturday. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  Iran’s Khamenei slams ‘bullying’ after Trump threats. From AFP. Tehran — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday slammed what he described as bullying tactics a day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military action. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and Middle East Eye.

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