US military weapon shortage from Iran war leaves America vulnerable to China conflict
Ben Finley
The Independent / May 27, 2026
This vulnerability comes as China has set a goal of being capable of taking Taiwan by force by...
[VIDEO] ‘It’s the West Bank’: Lebanese villagers describe life inside Israel’s ‘yellow line’
William Christou
The Guardian / May 27, 2026
Residents live in fear of nightly raids and daytime bombings from the Israeli military occupying their land.
Kfarchouba –...
Trump’s Abraham Accords fantasy will only cause more suffering
Jeet Heer
The Nation / May 26, 2026
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
Donald...
Lebanon: twenty-six years after expelling Israel, Hezbollah has lost the south again
Nassim Badani
New Lines Magazine / May 26, 2026
May 25 is when we celebrate Liberation Day, the day Hezbollah vanquished Israel and expelled its military...
The 75-year-old military deadlock which Trump must learn from in his war with Iran
John W.S. Clark
The Independent / May 26, 2026
As the latest US strikes claim to target Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz,...
‘Life itself no longer feels the same’: Gaza faces another Eid al-Adha amid genocide
Khaled al-Qershali
Mondoweiss / May 26, 2026
Ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday, many in Gaza continue to face displacement, destruction, and uncertainty, and are struggling...
Will growing Israel-Somaliland ties deepen Red Sea rivalries?
Faisal Ali
The New Arab / May 26, 2026
Closer ties between Israel and Somaliland are fuelling fears that the Horn of Africa could be drawn...
US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s promised peace deal...
Jonathan Yerushalmy
The Guardian / May 26, 2026
Negotiators from Iran travelled to Qatar on Monday, with the fate of the country’s nuclear programme and access...
Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah
TG Staff
The Guardian / May 26, 2026
Hezbollah and Israel launch attacks amid increasingly imperilled ceasefire and stalling talks between US and Iran.
The Israeli army...
A new regional logic ? – if Israel strikes Lebanon, Iran strikes back at...
Trita Parsi
tritaparsi.substack.com / May 26, 2026
Despite the ceasefire and tentative progress toward a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the Persian Gulf has...
