Juan Cole: ‘Iran will decide when this ends’
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / March 12, 2026
On Tuesday I was a guest on Sam Seder’s “Majority Report.” Sam and I have been having conversations...
US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse, say sources
Erin Banco & Jonathan Landay
Reuters / March 12, 2026
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk...
Israel strikes Beirut and orders south Lebanon evacuation as conflict mounts
William Christou & Jason Burke
The Guardian / March 12, 2026
Latest order comes after Hezbollah and Iran launch attack on more than 50 targets including...
How might the United States and Israel’s war on Iran falter ?
Bassam Haddad
Jadaliyya / March 12, 2026
Every week the U.S.-Israeli war grinds on without a decisive conclusion becomes a lesson in the limits of U.S....
Evil in the West Bank
David Shulman
The New York Review of Books / March 12, 2026
As long as the daily horrors in the occupied territories continue and the extreme...
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of Gaza detainee abuse
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / March 12, 2026
Five soldiers were indicted over alleged violent abuse and rape of Palestinian man at detention centre in 2024.
Jerusalem...
Meet the Kurdish militias Trump and Netanyahu wanted to enlist
Laurent Perpigna Iban
New Lines Magazine / March 12, 2026
As Israeli-American airstrikes rain down, groups exiled from Iran to Iraq are weighing a familiar dilemma:...
Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toolkit: drones, missiles, and mines
Rishi Iyengar & John Haltiwanger
Foreign Policy / March 12, 2026
The Iran war is nearly two weeks old and has entered a period of immense uncertainty....
Pentagon tells lawmakers Iran war costs top $11.3bn – but true price unknown
Joseph Gedeon & Hugo Lowell
The Guardian / March 12, 2026
US already spent more than $11.3bn in first six days of conflict, but price tag...
From Gaza to Lebanon and Iran: the normalization of atrocity
Walid El Houri
Global Voices / March 12, 2026
The erosion of international law is unfolding in plain sight.
For two years, as the genocide in Gaza...
