Shibley Telhami
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Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Shibley Telhami is an American professor in the department of government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. .. more
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Widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, most cases tied to Russia, says UN report
Violations included gang rape, rape, genital mutilation and the use of electric shocks on men's genitals with a Soviet-era field telephone known as a "tapik."
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Widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, most cases tied to Russia, says UN report, which documents 1,004 verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence between February 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and July 2026.
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Iran’s Rezaei tells Al Jazeera that Iran now knows the US military’s vulnerabilities and is more prepared than ever to counter its air strikes, adding that it recently tested a new anti-ship missile near a US aircraft carrier. aje.news/52lgdn?updat...
Iran’s security chief says conditions for ending war sent to US via Qatar
Moshen Rezaei says Iran's conditions are an end to attacks, release of frozen funds and blockade end, waiting on Trump.
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Notably, Rezaei said Iran remains committed to its late leader's fatwa against nukes and has not changed its nuclear doctrine, but "we do not know what will happen in the future." He said Tehran has "not yet" decided to withdraw from NPT, but this depends on US behavior.
Iran’s security chief says conditions for ending war sent to US via Qatar
Moshen Rezaei says Iran's conditions are an end to attacks, release of frozen funds and blockade end, waiting on Trump.
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Iran’s Rezaei tells Al Jazeera that Iran now knows the US military’s vulnerabilities and is more prepared than ever to counter its air strikes, adding that it recently tested a new anti-ship missile near a US aircraft carrier. aje.news/52lgdn?updat...
Opinion | The Saudis, the Houthis, and Israel
A new challenge requires Riyadh to work with Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem.
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Pathetic. Why are the Saudis facing this predicament in the first place?
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Noura Erakat On Why She Was Arrested for Protesting Israeli Bond Investments
The Human rights lawyer is joined by the executive director of the Internationalist Law Center to shed light on the largest government investor in Israeli bonds.
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Noura Erakat On Why She Was Arrested for Protesting Israeli Bond Investments open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply | OilPrice.com
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling the G7 back to the table to discuss another release of emergency oil stocks as Europe loses Saudi crude deliveries and diesel prices push deeper into record...
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French President Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... #oilprice
Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport after Saudi warning of aerial attack threat
Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital as attacks by Yemen's Houthi group escalate.
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Flames, smoke seen near Riyadh airport after Saudi warning of aerial attack threat. "Flames were visible rising from behind what appeared to be fuel tanks."
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Smoke, flames seen near Riyadh airport, ‘major’ flight disruptions reported
US warns allies of weapons delivery delays due to stocks depleted by Iran war: Report
Several European countries are facing delays in receiving missile and air defense systems | Anadolu
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"The US has warned its allies to expect delays of up to five years in deliveries of key weapons as Washington works to replenish munitions stocks depleted during its war with Iran"
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Saudi Arabia Notifies Europe They Will Not Be Getting October Deliveries - Energy News Beat
Aramco’s East-West pipeline outage leaves European term buyers with a zero allocation for October. Crude is being rerouted to Asia. Products, not barrels, remain the tighter market.
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"Saudi Aramco has told European term customers they will receive no crude in October under long-term contracts, according to people familiar with the decision cited by Bloomberg and confirmed across multiple market reports Friday."
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"The “agentic” campaigns were crude, but caught the attention of U.S. intelligence, major tech companies and security experts" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
Dialogue with Iran key to 'turning page' on crisis, Dr Gargash says | The National
President Sheikh Mohamed’s adviser warns Tehran and allies they cannot negotiate while attacking Gulf states
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Changing tone: Dialogue with Iran key to 'turning page' on crisis, says Anwar Gargash, adviser to the UAE president www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/202...
Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House
In an insult-laden post on Truth Social, President Trump said he was instituting the ban because of reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.”
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Growing more unhinged by the hour www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy with secret, last-ditch efforts to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia, two senior Israeli political sources told Al-Monitor, hoping the achievement could help his reelection prospects. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
How Netanyahu is leveraging Houthi threat in secret Saudi normalization push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to capitalize on Riyadh's need for intelligence assistance to make normalization headway ahead of the October elections.
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How Netanyahu is leveraging Houthi threat in secret Saudi normalization push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to capitalize on Riyadh's need for intelligence assistance to make normalization headway ahead of the October elections.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy with secret, last-ditch efforts to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia, two senior Israeli political sources told Al-Monitor, hoping the achievement could help his reelection prospects. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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As many had suspected but feared to admit even to themselves. Sickening if true.
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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“AI allows you to get to a bad idea faster” www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
The Houthi Advance Is About More Than Just Iran
The Saudi-Emirati rivalry is driving moves across the region.
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"The Houthi Advance Is About More Than Just Iran - The Saudi-Emirati rivalry is driving moves across the region," by @abuaardvark.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/18/h...
American, United, Southwest scale back schedules as fuel shock reshapes flying
American Airlines , United Airlines and Southwest Airlines are scaling back planned flight schedules following a recent surge in fuel prices that threatens their profits, executives said Wednesday.
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American, United, Southwest scale back schedules as fuel shock reshapes flying www.reuters.com/business/ame...
Opinion | America needs to destroy what really sustains the Iranian regime
The ruling ideologues won’t concede anything until they lose their power of coercion.
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Relentless - even as America's global power is eroding by the day in the process and our national debt is undermining the future of our children and grandchildren.
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United Nations investigators say that there are reasonable grounds to conclude that two U.S. airstrikes on Iran school in February in which at least 178 civilians died, mostly school children, had been indiscriminate and amounted to war crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.
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According to the report, the US failure to update information in relation to the school in its targeting databases and to confirm the building was a military objective “went beyond mere negligence,” rendering it “indiscriminate” and thus a war crime.
Italian Eurofighter struck at Saudi air base amid Houthi attacks - Türkiye Today
Italian F-2000 Eurofighter hit during attacks on Saudi Arabia's Taif air base, Italy's defense minister says; no personnel harmed
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"An Italian F-2000 Eurofighter aircraft was hit during attacks on Saudi Arabia's Taif air base, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto announced Friday, though he said no Italian military personnel were harmed."
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U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.
www.nytimes.com
United Nations investigators say that there are reasonable grounds to conclude that two U.S. airstrikes on Iran school in February in which at least 178 civilians died, mostly school children, had been indiscriminate and amounted to war crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war
A Fox News poll finds 70% of voters say Trump lacks a clear strategy for the Iran war, while 60% now call the military action the wrong decision.
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Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war. Support for Israelis drops to record low, down 20 points since 2023. www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... #FoxNews
Weeks Before the Midterms, Almost Everything Is Getting More Expensive
The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising. The Fed raised rates to try to tamp down inflation, but that will make borrowing more expensive too.
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"Weeks Before the Midterms, Almost Everything Is Getting More Expensive. The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising, while higher interest rates add to borrowing costs" www.wsj.com/economy/week...