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Oct 30, 2026, 3:51 PM

Iran, Trump and Netanyahu: Escalation or a Deal the Week after US Midterms?

WTI crude oil is trading today at $103.8 per barrel, according to OilPrice.com—a level that reflects market concerns about escalation and supply disruptions amid the continuing confrontation between the United States and Iran. On the one hand, there are reports...

Lawrence Maximo

Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM

Love: Hamas congratulates Lula on his reelection, as it did in 2022

The Hamas terror group has congratulated Lula on his 2026 reelection. The statement was issued on Monday, October 26, one day after the runoff. Confirmation comes from outlets linked to the movement itself and from aggregators that republished the...

Oct 28, 2026, 12:22 PM

Trump, Iran and the Secret Intelligence War

Donald Trump faces a defining strategic challenge: how to turn American intelligence superiority, military strength and economic leverage into a lasting reduction of the Iranian threat. Tehran is betting that war fatigue, energy-market uncertainty and America’s approaching midterm elections...

Oct 27, 2026, 9:54 PM

An Unbreakable Bond Beyond the Ballot Box

The Enduring Bond Between Israelis and Iranians Dr. Alan Bostakian, MCMP, FIoL Israelis have voted, and in the coming days the numbers may settle into a government. Seats will be counted, and coalitions will be negotiated. The world's attention naturally turns...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 26, 2026, 1:58 AM

Smash Eagle 44 Before Iran Soars

Iranian engineers are rapidly reconstructing and expanding the Eagle 44 underground airbase, defying at least three separate U.S. and Israeli air assaults launched between late March and July 15, 2026. Recent imagery from as late as September 29, 2026...

Oct 25, 2026, 2:46 PM

The Politics of Suspicion: Israel and Netanyahu

Photo: Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Benjamin Netanyahu, 6 July 2015.

Deceiving an enemy is not betraying one’s citizens By what absurd elevation does an Israeli government’s failure to prevent the October 7 massacre become proof that it consented to it? And why should an accusation of such calculated depravity be...

Oct 23, 2026, 6:26 PM

How Iran’s Hidden Military Footprint Is Draining the Water Resources

Figure 2. Dramatic shrinkage of Lake Urmia. Satellite images showing the extent of Lake Urmia in September 2020 (left) and September 2023 (right), illustrating the substantial reduction in the lake’s surface area over this period

Coverage of Iran’s strategic ambitions has focused heavily on missiles, nuclear capabilities and military infrastructure. Far less attention has been paid to the rivers, groundwater and wetlands on which millions of people depend. For over four decades, the Islamic...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 18, 2026, 5:57 PM

Snatch Ansari: The Gaza Blueprint for IRGC Terror

Israel's daring extraction of Hamas's internal-security chief, Muein al-Arabid, alive from Gaza City on September 1, 2026, proved exactly what meticulous planning can achieve. Shin Bet special forces spent months mapping his routines and identifying the gaps in his...

Oct 14, 2026, 2:29 PM

Could a Tactical Nuclear Strike Break the Houthis?

For more than a decade, Saudi Arabia has confronted an adversary it has been unable to defeat decisively. The kingdom possesses one of the world's most powerful military establishments, operates sophisticated American and European aircraft, and spends tens of...

Oct 12, 2026, 6:33 PM

Iran’s Regime Fears Its Own People

Economic failure, political repression and mounting international pressure are testing the Islamic Republic’s resilience. Donald Trump may intensify the pressure on Tehran, but the regime’s ultimate challenge is at home: a population that has endured nearly five decades of...

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