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23.04.26 - 05:54
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EU-Gipfel berät auf Zypern über Iran und Ukraine (DPA-AFX)
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NIKOSIA (dpa-AFX) - Überschattet von den anhaltenden Spannungen im Nahen Osten kommen Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz und die anderen Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU am Donnerstag und Freitag zu einem Gipfel auf Zypern zusammen. Bei einem Abendessen (18.30 ......
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23.04.26 - 05:30
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No Deadline for Iran Proposal Amid Hormuz Standoff: US (Bloomberg)
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The US and Iran are locked in a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz after failing to meet for a fresh round of peace talks, with both sides blocking the waterway to gain leverage during an extended ceasefire. Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetche reports from Dubai. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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23.04.26 - 03:51
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US Blocks Regular $500 Million Cash Pallets Flown To Iraq, Over Pro-Iran Militias (ZeroHedge)
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US Blocks Regular $500 Million Cash Pallets Flown To Iraq, Over Pro-Iran Militias
In confirmation of some early reporting we featured at the start of this week, The Wall Street Journal has verified something that Iraqi officials themselves were denying just days ago: the US is blocking Iraq's regular dollar shipments in order to pressure it's Iran-backed militias.
"The Trump administration has suspended U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs with its military, escalating the pressure on Baghdad to dismantle powerful Iranian-backed militias," said Iraqi and US officials interviewed in the report.
Pallets of cash and the Middle East should ring familiar, stretching from the Bush-Cheney years to even the Obama years (and Iran sanctions relief as part of the original nuclear deal). In this case, like with the Obama/Iran deal saga before, this is actually Iraq's own oil revenue money.
Memory lane via CNBC: The New York Federal Reserve shipped billions ...
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23.04.26 - 02:39
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After The Bombing, Tehran Confronts Widespread Ruin (ZeroHedge)
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After The Bombing, Tehran Confronts Widespread Ruin
After more than a month of conflict, a fragile ceasefire has allowed people in Tehran to begin assessing the scale of destruction, according to a new Bloomberg report.
The city, home to around nine million people, now bears widespread signs of damage, from shattered buildings to entire blocks reduced to rubble.
Although the truce has been extended for now, talks between the US and Iran have stalled, with major disagreements still unresolved around nuclear activity, regional control, and military influence.
The Bloomberg piece notes that the toll has been severe. At least 3,300 people have been killed across Iran, including civilians, and the physical damage is extensive. Because of restrictions on imagery and reporting, the full picture is still unclear, but satellite-based analysis suggests more than 7,600 buildings nationwide have been damaged or destroyed.
In Tehran alone, roughly 2,800 structures were hit. These include not just military ...
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