📌 If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law

By branding targets “narco-terrorists,” the Trump administration justifies extrajudicial killings, dehumanizing victims and stripping them of legal protection.

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#Analysis #Dehumanization #history #Killings #Narco-terrorism #us

📌 Iraq faces first quiet election in decades. Don't let that fool you

Iraq’s election is quiet, but the next prime minister faces monumental challenges: water, U.S. demands, and U.S.-Iran entanglement.

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#Geopolitics #Election #Iran #Iraq #us #Water

📌 Iran's crises raise questions about the regime's fate!

Iran’s regime faces existential crises: economic collapse, regional losses, and the absence of a pivotal figure to manage transition.

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#Analysis #Collapse #Crisis #Economy #Iran #Regime

📌 Why Trump’s war on Iran will fail

Trump’s war on Iran will fail because its demands are designed for rejection; airstrikes cannot erase knowledge or end missile programs.

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#Analysis #Demands #Failure #Iran #Limits #War

📌 Two Iran-Aligned Factions Push Iraq Toward War

Two Iran-aligned Iraqi factions are openly recruiting for war, alarming the Iraqi government; the factions “listen to no one.”

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#Security #Factions #Iran #Iraq #Militias #War

📌 US-Iran tensions: How Trump was dragged into war

Trump is being dragged into a war with Iran, much like Putin was into Ukraine: emboldened by a perceived victory and ignoring military warnings.

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#Security #Iran #Putin #Trump #Ukraine #War

📌 Trump and Iran Are Playing a Game of Chicken

Trump and Iran are playing a game of chicken; neither wants war, but each believes the other will blink.

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#Editor’s_Choice #Policy_Brief #Chicken #Escalation #Iran #Survival #Trump

📌 Can Donald Trump Fight a Regime Change War from the Air?

An air-only regime-change campaign is untested and doubtful; can bombs alone unseat a regime? The Gulf will soon test this.

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#Analysis #Airpower #Iran #RegimeChange #Warden #Wylie

📌 The Stars Are Aligning for Hezbollah’s Disarmament

International momentum for Hezbollah’s disarmament is unprecedented; a historic opportunity to reshape Lebanon is now.

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#Security #Disarmament #Hezbollah #LAF #Lebanon #Opportunity

📌 Once Neutral on the Ukraine War, Arab States Increasingly Favor Moscow

Arab states, once neutral on Ukraine, are increasingly favoring Moscow, disillusioned by Western double standards over Gaza.

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#Geopolitics

📌 South Yemen dialogue: obstacles and opportunity

Saudi Arabia is hosting a South Yemen dialogue after secessionist forces briefly seized key governorates; deep divisions complicate any settlement.

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#Geopolitics #Dialogue #Saudi #South #Unity #yemen

📌 Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission

On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli military declared that the joint US-Israeli attack had targeted “dozens of military targets” in Iran. Trump said the operation was intended to devastate Iran’s military, eliminate its nuclear programme and bring about a change in

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#Security #Iran #Israel #Submission #us #War

📌 Decoding America's biblical messaging amid rising tensions

U.S. messaging on the Middle East is split: a political peace plan alongside biblical rhetoric from Ambassador Huckabey about Israel’s “divine right.”

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#Analysis #Bible #Conflict #Israel #Messaging #us

📌 US generals’ warnings complicate Trump’s options ahead of Geneva talks

Trump’s generals warn that a prolonged air campaign against Iran could deplete munitions and risk escalation, complicating defense of regional allies.

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#Security #Generals #Iran #Talks #us #War

📌 Why will Iran’s Foreign Policy not Change even after Raisi’s Death?

Iran’s foreign policy will not change after Raisi’s death; Khamenei has systematically sidelined the Foreign Ministry, centralizing control in his own office.

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#Policy_Brief #Centralization #Eastward #ForeignPolicy #Iran #Khamenei

📌 Navigating Danger: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Risk Returning

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face a horrific choice: stay in a collapsing environment or return to Syria, where persecution awaits.

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#Security #Danger #Lebanon #Refugees #Return #Syria

📌 Iran considers its response to potential renewed US-Israeli strikes

Iran believes a U.S.-Israeli strike is coming; if attacked, it will widen the war, hitting U.S. bases and Gulf oil.

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#Security

📌 ‘Mess Around and Find Out’: 4 Opinion Writers on the Khamenei Strike

Trump’s decapitation strike killed Khamenei, but regime change is a gamble; power vacuums breed chaos.

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#Analysis #Chaos #Gamble #Iran #Khamenei #Strike

📌 How Israel Lost Americans

For the first time in 25 years, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israel; bipartisan support is slipping away.

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#Analysis #Israel #Poll #Shift #Sympathy #us

📌 Iraq increasingly moves toward US

Iraq’s foreign policy is shaped by internal rivalries and militia influence, not strategy; pro-U.S. factions gain as Iran weakens.

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#Policy_Brief #Balance #Iran #Iraq #Militias #us

📌 Iran’s supreme leader is dead. Here’s what it means

Khamenei is dead, killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike; Iran teeters as succession and regime survival hang in the balance.

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#Analysis #Death #Iran #Khamenei #Succession #Turmoil