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Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds

A new study says the three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn’t have happened without human-caused climate change

The Independent UK

Is Israel’s Gaza war the deadliest conflict for children in modern times?

Many more children have been killed in Gaza every day compared with Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, other conflict zones.

Al Jazeera

The GOP's anti-war schtick falls flat

Candidates often tell us who they are. We just need to listen

Salon

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Impossible balancing act? Blinken's Middle East tour concludes in Turkey

"We obviously don’t agree on everything." That understatement comes courtesy of the US secretary of state. Now that Antony Blinken's weekend shuttling from Jordan and the West Bank to Iraq and Turkey is over, we can ask: what was it all about?

France 24

‘When is it too early to teach your kids about genocide?’ Inside the Imperial War Museum’s harrowing new galleries

From the Somme to Afghanistan and Iraq, 500 works capture a century of warfare at the museum’s new Blavatnik art, film and photography galleries. You could spend days in its screening rooms alone, says our writer

The Guardian - UK

Blinken makes unannounced Iraq trip amid Israel-Gaza war spillover fears

Top US diplomat’s visit comes after Lebanon accuses Israel of killing four civilians in air raid.

Al Jazeera

Israel and Hamas at war: what we know on day 31

Over 10,000 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza since 7 October; Israel’s military says it has encircled Gaza City and divided Gaza Strip into two

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We need an extraordinary act of peace

Something almost impossible happened in Iraq in 2004. We need that kind of spiritual energy right now

Salon

Kurdistan leader cements decades-old ties in visit to Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the north of Iraq – where France still has troops as part of its fight against the Islamic State. Paris has supported Kurdistan since the early 1990s.

Radio France Internationale

Spooky Arab tales for Halloween: Iraq’s shape-shifting Tantals

Iraq’s ancient Marshes abound with tales of the Tantal, a trickster that delights in its trickery.

Al Jazeera

Nikki Sixx once claimed that Mötley Crüe were in secret negotiations with the US State Department to travel to Baghdad during the Iraq War to perform a Rolling Stones song

"I hate George Bush almost as much as I hate Kate Bush" - Nikki Sixx, during the Iraq War

Metal Hammer

Israel-Hamas war: will the US and Iran be drawn into a broader conflict? It's Tehran's move

Washington has sent a warning to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, about Iranian anti-US provocation in the Middle East. This has been going on sporadically for years, but from October 17 to October 25 there was an increase, as Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq carried out 16 drone…

The Conversation

Former MEK leader Massoud Rajavi died under US guard, say Iran media

Iranian state-linked media report the US insisted Rajavi stay hidden and under supervision as part of a relocation deal.

Al Jazeera

David Pratt: US policy in Middle East is moving in a dangerous direction

IT was late Friday when Israeli forces expanded their ground offensive in Gaza.

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Why did the US launch airstrikes on Syria and what happens next?

The war in Gaza risks developing into a wider conflict, but for now, the actions seem to be more about messaging between Washington and Tehran

The Independent UK

Are the US strikes on Syria linked to Israel’s war in Gaza?

Syria is populated by a number of militias known to have strong ties to Iran

WEKU

U.S. fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria after attacks on U.S. troops

The strikes on two locations linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps came in retaliation for drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week.

The Guardian - UK

US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria amid fears Israel-Hamas war could escalate

Defence secretary says strikes in response to attacks on US troops and warns others against triggering ‘broader regional conflict’

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Al Jazeera

US attacks facilities in Syria linked to Iran, Pentagon says

The White House earlier warned it would respond to attacks on its forces in Iraq and Syria at ‘time of our choosing’.

WEKU

What is the 'axis of resistance' of Iran-backed groups in the Middle East?

There have been questions about how Iranian-backed forces in the "axis of resistance" may influence the Israel-Hamas war. The network of forces is "a kind of NATO for militant groups," an expert says.

The Independent UK

Report: Quran-burning protester is ordered to leave Sweden but deportation on hold for now

Sweden has reportedly withdrawn the residence permit of an Iraqi man who staged a series of public desecrations of the Quran this year but has put his deportation on hold, saying his life would be in danger if he were returned to Iraq

The Guardian - UK

Strikes by Islamists on US bases in Syria and Iraq raise fears of escalation

Militants linked to Iran have injured dozens of US soldiers and killed one, indicating Tehran has a network of regional proxies

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israeli troops briefly enter Gaza as wider ground incursion looms

The Israeli military says its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, hitting several militant targets as a wider ground incursion looms after more than two weeks of heavy air raids

The Guardian - UK

Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts

Declassified spy images point to 396 undiscovered forts in Syria and Iraq, shifting understanding of Roman frontier

The Conversation

Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it.

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