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by Tyler Durden

In a significant first of the seven-month long Iran war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has relayed to US President ⁠Donald Trump Tehran's position on a possible resolution to the ‌US-Iran war, according to the Kremlin.

So far it is only the Kremlin readout of the two leaders' Friday call which mentions the Iran proposal was conveyed, however it didn't specify what they discussed in particular.

During a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Monday evening, President Trump made remarks about Iran’s military capabilities in the context of discussing economic impacts from regional conflict. The president characterized rising prices as acceptable costs for maintaining global and national security, then referenced the theoretical possibility of Iranian military action against American cities. The White House subsequently indicated these comments were being taken out of context by critics.

by Jason Ditz, antiwar.com

Quneitra farmers increasingly cut off from their fields

Among the towns and villages impacted by Israel’s incursions into southwest Syria, few have had more problems than Jabata al-Khashab. The village, in northern Quneitra Governorate, is within the UNDOF demilitarized zone and subsequently is de facto occupied by the Israeli military, who seized much of the UNDOF zone starting at the end of 2024.