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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>2026-09-04 07:13:51</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ben Gvir unveils ethnic cleansing plan to expel 1.86m Palestinians from Gaza]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Israeli plans to force the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza to 'voluntarily emigrate' emerged just days after 7 October 2023]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:26:13 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Saudi oil exports sink to nine-year-low: Report]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Yemeni blockade in the Red Sea and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz have crippled Riyadh's main source of income]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:31:35 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why Washington’s Kurdish-led proxy became expendable]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Washington’s turn toward Damascus left the SDF bargaining over how much of its influence could survive inside the Syrian state.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:28:40 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Europe enters winter with &#039;dangerously low&#039; gas reserves amid Persian Gulf supply shock: Report]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The US has become the world's largest supplier of LNG following the Russia–Ukraine war and the war on Iran]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:51:25 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[White House pressures US firms to skip Paris space summit]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Paris summit comes as Europe looks to lessen its dependence on the US space industry

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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Nearly half of US citizens say Washington&#039;s post-9/11 wars &#039;worth the cost&#039;]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Some 4.5 million people are estimated to have died due to US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere as part of the so-called 'War on Terror']]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:44:19 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump in talks to declare war on Iran &#039;over&#039; amid mass troop deployment to West Asia: Report]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[US fuel prices and global energy costs are soaring as a result of the illegal war and Iran's retaliatory strikes, as polls indicate significant discontent among voters]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Freedom Flotilla Coalition announces October mission in new bid to break Israel&#039;s siege of Gaza]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The mission is the first since Israeli forces abducted the last flotilla in international waters in May, torturing activists while in custody]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Germany approves nearly $1bn in arms exports to Israel]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new nuclear-capable submarine built for Israel by German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp is on its way to Haifa Port]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US ambassador to Lebanon meets Netanyahu to discuss &#039;ceasefire&#039;]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The meeting coincided with a brutal surge in Israeli strikes and shelling across south Lebanon, as well as an escalation of detonation operations aimed at wiping out villages]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[US displaces Russia as Turkiye&#039;s top crude supplier]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Ankara turned to US oil as sanctions and Black Sea disruptions cut into Russian deliveries ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:55:35 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tehran adds new vessels to Hormuz blacklist amid US escalation ]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Iran's Strait Authority warned that ships cooperating with any of the sanctioned vessels will be ‘added to the list’ 

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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:21:42 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran vows ‘heavy response’ to any Israeli escalation against south Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher: Report ]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/39749</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Hezbollah’s Media Relations Department, which neither confirmed or denied the western report, said such an Iranian warning was ‘natural’ 

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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel awaiting US greenlight to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/39735</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The plan to forcibly displace the people of Gaza goes back decades, but the states pressured to receive them have refused]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:47:53 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Hormuz bill crippling Washington’s allies]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/39725</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Washington's allies built their prosperity around the promise of US protection. The cost of that promise is becoming harder to bear.]]></description>
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                <author><![CDATA[Suleyman Karan]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:30:51 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ Iran’s security chief warns US of ‘new battlefield strategy’ after Washington’s newest war crimes]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/39733</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Iranian Red Crescent urged the ICC to launch a probe into the new US strike that hit a wedding in Sirik, killing and wounding dozens ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel charges 12 prison guards with ‘reckless homicide’ for beating Palestinian detainee to death]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Public Committee Against Torture dismissed the charges as 'a drop in the ocean' in a prison system built on the systematic torture of Palestinians]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Deadly bombardment hits south Lebanon amid reports Hezbollah &#039;destroyed&#039; Israeli army vehicle]]></title>
                <link>https://thecradle.co/articles-id/39731</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Israel blew up homes across the south and launched several drone strikes as Lebanese media said the resistance targeted troops approaching the strategic Ali al-Taher hill 



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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:19:46 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[European gas prices hit highest level since 2023 as US escalates strikes on Iran]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Traders are pricing in the possibility of a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz weeks before the winter heating season]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:39:10 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu praises new ‘right-wing alliance’ amid scramble to secure election victory]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Genocidal Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has merged parties with Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut, as reports indicate the premier is behind in the polls 

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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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