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Trump’s Iran War Threatens a Refugee Crisis on a Scale That Dwarfs Syria
A former senior US defence analyst warns that the assault on Iran risks causing a refugee crisis up to four times larger than what happened during the Syria conflict
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Trump Went to War With Iran to ‘Seize Oil’ as US Shale Enters Major Decline
The United States launched a war on Iran, not to eliminate a nuclear threat, but to seize control of the world’s last major accessible oil reserves
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The Kurdish Attack on Iran That Never Happened
False media reports of thousands of Kurdish fighters launching a ground offensive against Iran ended up endangering the very people living under the bombs, reports Dr Charles Kriel
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‘The Justification for the War against Iran Has Changed from Day to Day, with No Clear End Goal or Exit Strategy’
From Washington DC, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses the arguments used to justify the attack on Iran
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Operation Epic Fury: A Mass of Shifting Objectives
Dr Charles Kriel looks at the Iran War as an information operation and identifies what the West still refuses to understand about it
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Palantir’s Double Conflict of Interest in the War Against Iran
War was inevitable claimed the three most senior figures in the AI analytics firm which both provided the justification for US/Israeli strikes and profits from the conflict
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Trump’s Iran War Revives Israeli Plan to Remake Middle East that Drove Post-9/11 Invasions
A Bush era neoconservative network has reorganised under Trump and is now directing the exact same regime change playbook against Tehran
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‘The Stolen Children Scandal in Syria Exposes a Deeper Problem in SOS Care’
Investigations revealed how children disappeared by Bashar al-Assad’s regime were transported to facilities run by a global charity
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Gaza: Is There a Way Out?
On Yom Kippur, Eric Lee examines the horrors of the conflict and asks whether we could now finally see a turning point towards peace
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Syria’s New Rulers Blamed for Sectarian Massacre, Suggesting West Has Once Again Backed the Wrong Horse
The revelation raises huge doubts about the regime’s declared commitment to a new democratic system, reports Rana Sabbagh
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The Decades-Long US-Israeli Plan for Regime Change in Iran Is Taking Shape
The recent attacks on Tehran are part of a long-standing plan by the US and Israel, argues Mel Frykberg
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Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat Arthur Snell
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‘Israel’s Strikes on Iran Will Have Consequences for Decades and Threaten the Entire Middle East’
Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding on the ‘escalating fears’ experienced by people across the region
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Americans Oppose Trump Joining Israel-Iran War and Do Not See the Iranian Nuclear Program as an Immediate Threat
New polling suggests that voters do not want the President to further involve the US in the Middle East conflict
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US Journalist Austin Tice’s Family Throw Doubt on Syrian Claim He Was Executed
An upcoming BBC podcast about the reporter’s disappearance in August 2012 has unearthed new details of his case – some of which his family has dismissed
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The UK Has Failed to Prosecute ISIS Fighters for Genocide After Allowing Hundreds to Return to Britain
Successive UK Governments have refused to pursue prosecutions against those suspected of war crimes abroad
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Trump’s Middle East Riviera: What Next for Gaza?
Even if Jordan and Egypt somehow agreed to a US take over Gaza, who would physically remove 2.5 million Palestinians? Trump’s proposal is pure fantasy – but what does it reveal?
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‘This Is the Room Where My Sister and Mother Died’: The Heartbreaking Return Home for Syrians After Assad Was Overthrown
A month since al-Assad was forced from power those living in exile are returning home to find nothing left
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‘Trump May Be Returning But the Post-War World Order Is Not’
Donald Trump is throwing his second US administration into an already volatile mix – adding his own blend of disorder, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
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Tortoise and the Heir: The ‘Slow News’ Media Firm Behind the Observer Sale and the Curious Company It Keeps
As the Guardian announces the ‘sale’ of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, Carole Cadwalladr takes a closer look at its moneymen
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The Urgent Challenges Facing Syria Following the Fall of Bashar Assad
The fall of the Syrian dictator poses a whole series of new challenges for the country, says chemical, biological, and radiological weapons expert Dan Kaszeta
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Lebanese People Recover Their Lives From the Rubble Following Ceasefire With Israel
Celebration is mixed with mourning and despair in Beirut as the scale of destruction is revealed
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For Jamal Khashoggi’s Widow, his Brutal Murder was Just the Start of her Nightmare
Hanan El Atr Khashoggi’s engagement was the start of a nightmare that would involve murder, global espionage, and a years-long fight for justice
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Israel and US Plot to Reshape Middle East as ‘Compensation Package’ Offered to Stop Strikes on key Iranian Targets
The growing conflict, an analyst suggests, ‘represents a real opportunity to redraw the political map… and dismantle the Axis of Resistance’
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Israel Targets Presumed new Hezbollah Leader in Beirut Strikes as Iran’s Leader Issues Warnings in Rare Speech
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the October 7 attack on Israel was the ‘minimum punishment’ it deserved for ‘astonishing crimes’
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Supply Chain Sabotage: The Explosive Plot Behind the Deadly Attacks in Lebanon
As funerals were held for the dead and the wounded filled hospitals, social media and the international press buzzed with the alarming question: Could smartphones be next?
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‘Telegraph Takeover Bid Backed by UAE Doesn’t Matter – Because there’s an Agenda at Every Newspaper’
A former Editor of The Independent provides an inside look at just how much influence the owners of British newspapers – including Rupert Murdoch – have on what gets written
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COP28: Meet the Top UK Politicians Paid Big Money to ‘Advise’ Oil-Rich Gulf States
Gulf states pushing fossil fuels at COP have hired Philip Hammond, Tony Blair, Francis Maude and other former leading politicians as ‘consultants’
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‘Populists Learn From Each Other’: Is the World Heading for a Tipping Point in 2024?
The prospect of another Trump presidency in the US, rising authoritarianism and multiple complex conflicts around the world make for a depressing picture
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‘The Anti-Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions Bill is Another Way to Silence Pro-Palestinian Voices’
A bill to restrict public bodies from making ethical financial decisions based on the conduct of foreign states makes no distinction between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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Former Conservative Party Chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to Argue ‘Muslims Don’t Matter’ to Politicians and Media in Damning Speech
Amid rising attacks on Muslims in the UK, the former Faith Minister launches a thinly-veiled broadside against Sunak’s Government, and calls for a new civil rights movement in Britain
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‘Iran’s Hand in the Gazan War Risks Triggering A Wider Regional Conflict’
Tehran’s support for ‘wars of division’ in the Middle East is an attempt to divide the West, argues Brian Latham
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Saudi Sportswashing and the Silence of the Fans
As Saudi Arabia prepares to play two ‘home’ international matches in Newcastle this weekend, Adrian Goldberg asks if Saudi money has muzzled outrage at the Kingdom’s well-documented human rights abuses
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‘We Need to Confront the Lie That There are ‘Safe Routes’ for Refugees to Come to the UK’
The truth is that Rishi Sunak’s Government is complicit in forcing desperate people to risk their lives in order to seek refuge in this country
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‘As Iran’s Islamic Regime Draws Up Tyrannical New Hijab Plans, Where is the International Outrage?’
If a new ‘Hijab and Chastity Bill’ succeeds with no condemnation from voices abroad, the international community will be culpable, writes Parisa Hashempour
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Majority of English Channel Migrants Fleeing Armed Violence, Study Reveals
Well over half the recent migrants come from the top 15 countries globally hardest hit by explosive weaponry
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Iraqi Kurdistan: ‘A Country Living On Roller Skates’
Hugh Pope finds out why Iraqi Kurds who have migrated to Europe are on their way back to their unpredictable home country
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Iraq and Brexit: A Common Thread of Hubris
Both events were driven more by ideological conviction – than rational analysis – and against the advice of most experts, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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From Operation Iraqi Freedom to Iranian Domination
Twenty years on from the US invasion, Lorraine Mallinder assesses the ongoing political struggle against corruption and talks to those exposing it
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The Risks to Girls from Violence and Exploitation Following the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Sian Norris speaks to aid experts about how girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters, including the recent earthquake which has killed and displaced thousands
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REVEALED: MPs’ Gifts from Gulf States Accused of Human Rights Abuses
Analysis by this newspaper reveals Conservative MPs make up the majority of those in receipt – as post-Brexit trading opportunities appear to be trumping ethical concerns for the Government
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Fears for Health and Education of People Left Homeless by Earthquake
The fall-out of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria continues, with NGOs warning of the long-term impact on children and families who have lost everything
