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- The Cradle
The Cradle is an online news magazine covering the geopolitics of West Asia from within the region
- Hello to The Cradle
The Cradle will commence tentatively at first, to give ourselves the space to find what works, and to build up a stable of bold, well-respected journalists and experts These are not so easy to find in the English-language as they have not had a platform before
- Israeli army admits civilians make up 80 percent of those killed in . . .
The Israeli military has admitted that more than 80 percent of the people killed in the attacks on Gaza since Israel breached the ceasefire two months ago are uninvolved civilians, Hamakom reported on 13 May In response to a request from the Hebrew magazine, the office of the Israeli military's spokesperson stated that 500 of the 2,780 killed in the Gaza Strip as of Tuesday are “terrorists ”
- SWIFT’s decline: How global powers are escaping the dollar trap
Photo Credit: The Cradle The weaponization of global finance has become a cornerstone of US foreign policy Central to this has been Washington’s control over the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a financial messaging service once considered a neutral platform but now openly used to enforce western
- Return of the trigger mechanism threatens to collapse Iran nuclear . . .
Photo Credit: The Cradle In the past two weeks, the UK, France, and Germany have spearheaded a coordinated effort before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to declare Iran non‑compliant, and set the stage for UN snapback sanctions under Articles 36–37 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) – also
- Beirut airport records highest number of arrivals in six years
Passenger traffic at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut surged in May 2025, marking the highest number of arrivals for that month since 2019, Al-Akhbar reported on 9 June The airport recorded 560,050 passengers in May – an increase of 10 26 percent compared to May 2024, when 507,892 travelers used the airport
- Tom Barrack’s ‘Sykes-Picot’ mandate: Redrawing West Asia for Empire
Photo Credit: The Cradle Tom Barrack, a 77-year-old businessman and close confidant of US President Donald Trump, is no ordinary envoy His appointment as both US ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy to Syria places him at the heart of Washington’s newest strategy in West Asia
- Arab diplomats condemn Israel for barring West Bank visit
The foreign ministers of five Arab countries who had planned to visit the occupied Palestinian West Bank this weekend condemned Israel's decision to block their plans The Jordanian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on 31 May saying the ministers condemned "Israel's decision to ban the delegation's visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet with the president of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud
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