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Kamin Mohammadi / TruthdigAug 10, 2026
Iranian feminists asked for international help — but the U.S.-Israeli war has killed women, left many jobless and given the government a pretext to violate their rights. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Chris Lord / TruthdigAug 10, 2026
One of the biggest unexploded time bombs in the Middle East is a bovine scheme so bonkers that even Netanyahu is wary. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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As war with Iran drove oil prices higher, Trump gave politically connected oil companies — not taxpayers — the chance to cash in on publicly owned oil. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Paul R. Pillar / Responsible StatecraftAug 3, 2026
The Middle East has come to look like — to borrow a phrase from the 17th century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes — a war of all against all. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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