For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Cradle, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  IRAN 3-18-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.)— MCM

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Iran’s leader says Yemen’s Houthis act independently, warns against U.S. action. From Reuters. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Tehran does not need proxies in the region and that Yemen’s Houthis act on their own motivations. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle. 

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FROM MARCH 20  What warming U.S.-Russia relations could mean for Iran. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on the subject. Click HERE to listen and read.

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MAY BE CONTINUED