For now, links to three reports: from Reuters, the Cradle, and the Associated Press, and to a commentary from Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for IRAN 7-27-26.) — MCM
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Oman presents Iran with a GCC-backed plan to use Hormuz. From Reuters. The Sultantate of Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for using it, sources told Reuters today. READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin demands Ukrainian threat be ‘definitively destroyed’ after Caspian Sea strike on Iranian vessel. From the Cradle. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that the Ukrainian strike on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea should be treated as an attack on Iran itself, and that the threat from Kiev must be eliminated. READ MORE . . .
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Iran hangs 2 men convicted of killing 4 police officers in January protests. From AP TEHRAN — Iran today hanged two men convicted in a case of killing four police officers during January protests, state media reported. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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Are Iran and the U.S. fighting a war neither can win? by Shahir Shahidsaless | Middle East Eye The escalating war between the United States and Iran is no longer about Tehran’s nuclear programme, nor even about regime change, the objective that initially drove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign to draw U.S. President Donald Trump into the conflict. It is now a . . . READ MORE . . .
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