Links to four reports and analyses from National Public Radio and to an analysis from Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK, UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and down for IRAN 8-6-26.) — MCM

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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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