Soviet invasions of allies helped destroy the Warsaw Pact – Trump’s dangerous rhetoric risks repeating the mistake inside NatoDonald Trump’s echoing of Russia’s talking points in its war against Ukraine has long been a cause for alarm and dismay in the west.Now an even more disturbing Kremlin precedent dating from the cold war is being […]
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Iran arrests protest leaders as crackdown intensifies amid threat of US intervention – The Guardian
Tehran issues warning after Donald Trump says US stands ready to help amid crackdown on demonstrations‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks downIran has warned the US not to attack over protests that have rocked the country, as Donald Trump weighed the options for a response from Washington, with […]
Trump weighs preliminary plans for action on Iran as protests face violent crackdown – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Donald Trump has been weighing a range of options against Iran amid the country’s crackdown on protesters that human rights groups say has killed more than 500 people.Trump has said publicly that he may take action if Iranian leaders killed protesters challenging Iran’s theocracy, as demonstrations […]
Iran protests live: Tehran says it will hit back at US, Israel if attacked – Al Jazeera
Iranian president calls for unity as protests triggered by an economic crisis escalate into the worst unrest in years.Iran warns US of retaliatory strikes amid growing antigovernment protestsShareSaveFollow Al Jazeera English: source
Syrian forces expel Kurdish fighters as US strikes Islamic State targets – The Guardian
Three hundred Kurds detained and further 400 evacuated following clashes in AleppoSyrian government forces have detained 300 Kurds and evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters after clashes in Aleppo, the interior ministry has said, as US and allied forces carried out separate “large-scale” strikes against Islamic State targets.An interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse that […]