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The Iran war is Trump’s unconditional surrender to Israel
Sidelining US intelligence, Trump and top principals rely on Israeli fabrications to promote war on Iran.
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Trump’s pretend diplomacy enabled Israel’s war on Iran
With Trump's blessing, Israel launches a devastating attack on Iran.
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Ukraine's dangerous new 'gift' to Washington
Striking Russia's nuclear assets, Ukraine's audacious operation newly imperils arms control and ensures that the war will drag on.
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Leaks confirm that Biden admin has lied about Ukraine
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US admits to pushing Ukraine into a fight it can't win
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By using Ukraine to fight Russia, the US provoked Putin's war
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Putin did 'everything possible' to make peace, veteran Ukrainian diplomat says
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Why is applauding Ukrainian Nazis a scandal, but not arming them?
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Zelensky’s hostility to peace triggers White House meltdown
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As Trump backs away, Russia puts sabotaged Istanbul deal back on the table
With Trump pulling back from the proxy war, Ukraine and NATO are forced to confront their abandonment of the Istanbul peace talks three years ago.
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US-Hamas talks show that peace is possible
A White House-Hamas deal to free American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander from captivity in Gaza overcomes Israeli sabotage.
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Lacking leverage over Russia, Trump fails to seal the deal in Ukraine
Rejecting Trump's call for a 30-day ceasefire, Moscow insists that the US address the war's "root causes."
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Preparing to 'move on', US says Ukraine is 'not our war'
The Trump administration grows increasingly disinterested in the Ukraine proxy war, but don't expect a grand bargain with Russia.
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US officials admit they ran the Ukraine war, and risked a worse one
From a military base in Germany, the US planned Ukraine's war strategy and guided strikes on Russian targets -- at the knowing risk of "World War III."
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Behind Zelensky’s push for a security guarantee: extremist threats and Western betrayal
Boris Johnson admits that Ukrainian extremists undermined peace in Ukraine. But as a Ukrainian negotiator's overlooked account reveals, Johnson and the…
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How NATO provoked Russia in Ukraine and prevented peace
Debating the roots of Ukraine proxy war, and whether Trump should bring it to an end.
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