Making Friends with a Murderer: Normalising with the Assad regime

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Strait into Trouble: The war in Iran continues as the Gulf gets dragged in deeper

The US and Israel continue to launch daily airstrikes against Iran. As a new Supreme Leader was elected, the country's leadership continues to be targeted and killed. And as Israeli and US planes drop bomb, Iran is flinging missiles across the region, targeting Israel and the Gul ...  Show more

War Trumps Khamenei: The death of Ayatollah Khamenei and the opposition inside and outside Iran

Iran has changed forever. The US and Israel are firing missiles and dropping bombs on targets across Iran. Senior figures from the regime and the IRGC are being assassinated. Ayatollah Khamenei was killed on the first day of the war. The future of Iran is still being written. On ...  Show more

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