NOTE: Nobody reads this blog. But . . .

For now, links to EIGHT-plus reports (at least a dozen): from Middle East Eye, the Cradle, National Public Radio, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-21-26.  Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

* Among the news organizations with frequent war updates, photos and occasionally maps are Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Kyoto News, and Middle East Monitor: HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. AP and El País reports in Spanish are HERE and HERE. *

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Iran outlines conditions to end war, demands complete U.S. withdrawal from region. From Middle East Eye. An Iranian official outlined a set of conditions for ending the war, including guarantees against future conflict, the closure of U.S. military bases in the region and full reparations from the United States and Israel, according to a report by Al-Mayadeen. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for March 21 report from the Cradle.

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Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants as Iran strikes 2 Israeli cities. From NPR. After warning of retaliatory attacks on U.S. and Israeli infrastructure, Iran on Saturday night launched missiles at two southern Israeli cities close to the country’s main nuclear research center. The Israel Defense Forces said about 180 people had been injured, some severely. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye.

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U.S. and Iran trade threats of expanding war after strikes near sites tied to nuclear programs, by Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP  CAIRO — Iran and its ally, the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group, stepped up pressure on Israel today, with intense attacks on the country’s north and south. Top Israeli leaders traveled to the Negev Desert, home to the country’s main nuclear research center and the site where Iran’s barrages struck two towns on Saturday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM MARCH 21 and TODAY  As the war in Iran expands, can diplomacy help end it? Reported by Adrian Ma, Tinbete Ermyas, Michael Levitt and Eric McDaniel | NPR  After weeks of escalation, can diplomacy end the conflict between Iran, the U.S.and Israel? Ma poses that question to former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE and HERE for all seven or eight Iran war-related reports on NPR ‘s “All Things Considered” on Saturday and  “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

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FROM MARCH 21  The World This Week – w/Ray McGovern. Joe Lauria of Consortium News and author and CN columnist Patrick Lawrence talk with ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern about the late Robert Mueller and his role as FBI director  in “Russiagate”; and the Iran war and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s and recently resigned National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent’s recent statements about it. Click HERE for video.

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TO BE CONTINUED