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The Cradle is an online news magazine covering the geopolitics of West Asia from within the region.
- 264articles · 30d
- 18+ hour agolatest article
- Aug 14, 2026earliest in window
- 25%with images
- 37avg words
- Politics 224
- Conflict, War & Peace 159
- Sensitive Subjects 140
- News 66
- Politics2 53
- Economy, Business & Finance 38
- Business & Industrial 26
- Law & Government 16
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Iraq resistance factions oppose selective disarmament, demand Peshmerga surrender weapons to state
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (26+ words) The Kurdish Peshmerga has partnered with the US and ISIS to divide Iraq, but is not included in the plan to disarm non-state Shia armed factions...
Washington’s invisible military ‘kill switch’
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (24+ words) Arab states have spent billions on US weapons, only to discover that the decisive layer of military power was never included in the sale....
Iranian operations force US to restrict air defense coverage for ships in Hormuz
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (25+ words) Foreign ministers from Iran, Oman, and other Gulf states will hold talks on Monday to establish safe routes for commercial shipping through the strategic waterway...
Iraqi resistance rejects Saudi pipeline accusations, demands government present evidence
20+ hour, 7+ min ago (27+ words) The resistance called the Saudi accusations a distraction from Riyadh's losses in Yemen, and challenged its own government to produce evidence for the claims it had adopted...
Yemeni army storms Red Sea islands, captures Bab al-Mandab Strait
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (824+ words) If just half a percent of our monthly readers support us with $5 on Patreon, The Cradle can meet its goal of becomingfully reader-funded by 2027. Be the 0.5%. Yemeni media quoted officials as saying that ‘navigation is safe’ in the strategic waterway,…...
NATO chief says Hormuz mine clearance 'not a NATO mission"
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (20+ words) The remarks in Berlin come as Washington presses European members to absorb the full weight of the continent's conventional defense...
Western-backed IAEA resolution sends Iran nuclear case to UN Security Council
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (31+ words) US and Israeli bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities caused disruptions in the UN watchdog's inspections, which the US and its allies are now using to refer the issue to the UN...
Washington demands NATO allies help 'systematically dismantle' ICC: Report
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (411+ words) If just half a percent of our monthly readers support us with $5 on Patreon, The Cradle can meet its goal of becomingfully reader-funded by 2027. Be the 0.5%. Washington instructed allies to treat the ICC as a threat to their sovereignty and…...
Algeria cuts ties with UAE over interference, destabilization
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (24+ words) Abu Dhabi is reportedly supporting a separatist movement in Algeria while fueling civil wars in Sudan, Mali, and Libya, and partnering closely with Israel...