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Jul 30 2026 The Field Marshal’s expiring warranty
Strongmen are not discarded because they become brutal. Brutality is often the job description. They are discarded when brutality stops delivering.
Middle East Monitor
That is why the Financial Times’ recent scrutiny of Field Marshal Asim Munir matters. After years in which much of the Western press handled Pakistan’s authoritarian order with the discretion normally reserved for… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2026 Is Pavel Durov a free-speech champion or an unaccountable tech baron?
Russia’s terrorism case against the Telegram founder is the latest test of how far platforms can distance themselves from crimes committed by their users
RT
Russia’s Federal Security Service has brought terrorism-related charges against Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire behind popular messaging app Telegram, once again placing the entrepreneur at the center of a dispute over whether… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2026 Alastair Crooke : The war’s back is broken
The U.S. ultimately will have to capitulate, with the result that Iran becomes a regional power.
Strategic Culture
Trump ordered the U.S. military not to carry out new strikes on Iran Friday night, despite approving earlier a “Gates of Hell massive attack” on Iran.
The U.S. has now requested a new temporary ceasefire with Iran and is seeking… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2026 Elijah Magnier: US and Saudi Forces Bomb Iraq – Iran Hits Iraqi Kurdistan
With Nima Alkorshid : Dialogue Works
Punch in Patience and take time to hear this one out. There are many possible answers to all the pesky and strange events over the past two or three days.
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Jul 29 2026 CIA and Mossad admit they cannot locate Mojtaba Khamenei
CIA and Mossad admit they cannot locate Mojtaba Khamenei
US and Israeli intelligence services have been engaged in an incessant hunt for Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei since his father’s death, The Times reported.
🔴 This covert intelligence operation has never been officially discussed or confirmed, according to the newspaper. The challenge for the CIA and Mossad… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2026 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov, Moscow, July 29, 2026
Question: Mr Lavrov, you are a person who certainly doesn’t need an introduction in our country. But I know what can surprise people. It’s your knowledge of the Singhalese language. Would you say hello in Singhalese?
Sergey Lavrov: (Speaks in Singhalese).
Question: It… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2026 A Muslim defense bloc takes shape – but on whose terms?
Four militaries are discussing a regional security framework, but their divisions may turn collective defense into another instrument of bloc politics.
The Cradle
In January, a proposal that had circulated quietly for nearly a year broke into the open. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye had prepared a draft defense agreement, and copies were under review in all… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2026 UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East : Russia
🎙 Statement by Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Acting Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Anna Evstigneeva at the UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East (New York, July 28, 2026)
Read in full (https://russiaun.ru/en/news/228072026)
Broadcast of the entire meeting (https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19gfgen1g)💬 We regret to note that implementation of the agreements reached by… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2026 “A Strategic Victory”: Abbas Araghchi’s First Post-War Evaluation
Araghchi to Witkoff: GO AND SCARE SOMEBODY WHO GETS SCARED!
Full interview with Abbas Araghchi on Majara Media (Iran), published in two parts on July 19 and 23.
Translated by Resistance News Unfiltered
Source: The Iran Talks
Transcript: resistanceaxis.substack.com
Whatever one thinks of the reformist line of the Pezeshkian government, contested by a large part… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2026 Brian Berletic : US Pauses War on Iran (Again) – Countdown to Next Round Begins
US pauses its attacks on Iran once again to begin rearming, reorganizing and eventually restarting hostilities again at a time of its own choosing;
The pause also cools off energy markets the US is deliberately disrupting and dismantling to its benefit – but in a way that doesn’t trigger a united front against US… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2026 Ritter’s Rant on Doctorow
Sometimes I agree with Ritter.
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Jul 27 2026 Alastair Crooke : US Lost the War and Trump Knows It
On Judge Napolitano
I suggest we carefully listen to Alastair.
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Jul 27 2026 Wars Destroy the Planet, Humanity Loses
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan,
Humankind depends entirely on nature for survival. The Sun provides energy, plants provide food and oxygen, rivers and glaciers provide water, and forests, oceans and animals sustain ecological balance and human societies. Yet, despite benefiting from this interconnected natural system, humanity is increasingly becoming its own greatest threat. War, pollution,… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2026 Ansarallah : We are not beginners, and war is not new to us
We are not beginners, and war is not new to us. Since we were children, we have lived it, heard of it, and fought it, and praise be to Allah, we emerge victorious.
Threats—we have faced them.
Every day we hear them talk: ‘This is the end of the Houthis,’ ‘We are coming, O Sana’a,’ ‘We have… Continue reading