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        <description><![CDATA[ The Cradle is an online news magazine covering the geopolitics of West Asia from within
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        <pubDate>2026-09-25 00:23:54</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia boosts crude flows via East–West pipeline as Yanbu exports stall]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Aramco reportedly informed European refiners it must first build up a 'critical mass' of crude at the Red Sea port before deliveries resume]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:34:40 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pakistan launches new airstrikes in Afghanistan as tensions with Kabul escalate]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Kushner unveils $2.45bn Gaza &#039;reconstruction plan&#039; amid Israeli plan to expel Palestinians]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[President Trump's Board of Peace plan to reconstruct Gaza has faced delays as Israel remains committed to occupying the entirety of the strip and cleansing it of Palestinians through a program of 'voluntary emigration']]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[British universities working with Israel-linked arms giant to suppress pro-Palestine protests: Report]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Emails show that the universities monitor students' social media, then inform BAE Systems]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Four resistance operations reported across occupied West Bank within 72 hours]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The operations are a response to the drastic escalation of settler violence and the rapid expansion of illegal settlements across the occupied territory]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lebanon’s slow partition between Ankara and Tel Aviv]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The most durable partitions need neither rulers nor treaties. In Lebanon, selective state-building and managed paralysis are beginning to perform the work of borders.]]></description>
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                <author><![CDATA[Malek al-Khoury]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:19:16 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Microsoft pledges $10bn investment for Gulf cloud, AI infrastructure]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ Washington drafted, shelved memo denouncing ‘unacceptable’ UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The unreleased US government memo says the UK sanctions draw from the ‘playbook’ of ‘antisemitic boycotts’ ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:29:47 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israeli election committee bars all Palestinian parties from upcoming elections]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A request to disqualify Ben Gvir's Jewish Power party was rejected by the committee, which is controlled by members of Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud party]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE, Azerbaijan suspend Iranian flights in compliance with US sanctions]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Tehran’s top security official has vowed that regional airports will be paralyzed if US allies in West Asia go along with Washington’s sanctions 

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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:13:52 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Navy confirms eight suicide attempts during USS Lincoln deployment]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group spent a record 286 days at sea]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:34:47 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[China sent over 1,000 shipments of missile, drone parts to Iran in 2026: Report ]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40126</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Iran recently vowed that it would use ‘new weapons’ against ‘new targets’ if it came under a renewed attack 

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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:33:36 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Saudi warplanes strike Yemen over 50 times in one day ]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40123</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The kingdom has launched nearly 1,000 airstrikes on Yemen since the start of the latest escalation between Riyadh and Sanaa 

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                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:13:46 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE sanctions Iran&#039;s Bank Melli as part of Washington&#039;s economic warfare campaign]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40122</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The UAE is the latest US ally to bow to the US’s economic siege of Iran as Washington vows 'financial violence']]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:03:15 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tehran vows to paralyze airports across West Asia if US allies join campaign against Iranian aviation]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40121</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei warned neighboring states against joining in on Washington’s ‘adventure,’ after the US announced a campaign targeting the Islamic Republic's civil aviation ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:28:30 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Norwegian letter challenges Eurovision integrity over Israel&#039;s participation ]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40119</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Five broadcasters boycotted this year's contest, and Spain is now pushing to keep the boycott going until 2027]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:08:01 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Janfadaa, Iran’s new civilian force: 31m volunteers, 1,000 battalions]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40113</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the Islamic Republic, the most durable defense against foreign attack and internal destabilization is a population mobilized far beyond the barracks. ]]></description>
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                <author><![CDATA[Fereshteh Sadeghi]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:02:20 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US, Denmark, Greenland sign ‘forever’ deal expanding arctic military foothold]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/40115</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The agreement concludes months of threats by Trump to take Greenland by force, which plunged NATO into a diplomatic crisis ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:30:47 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US to unveil $2.45bn ‘recovery plan’ for besieged Gaza Strip: Report]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Washington’s ceasefire plan for Gaza has seen Israel continue its campaign of genocide and occupation, killing over 1,400 in just under a year 

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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:02:03 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Democrats to propose sanctions targeting Israel’s E1 settlement project]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Senator Chris Coons said the US ‘must send a strong message’ condemning the behavior of ‘violent extremist settlers’  ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:25:00 +0300</pubDate>
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