(2026-05-13). Factbox-How has the Iran war affected Middle East states? al-monitor.com LONDON, May 13 – The war that began on February 28 with a massive Israeli-U.S. bombing campaign against Iran has rocked the entire Middle East, wreaking damage to infrastructure and economies and overturning settled assumptions about regional security.On a second major front, Israel launched a ground invasion and bombing campaign of Lebanon in March in pursuit of Hezbollah fighters after the armed group fired across the border in solidarity with Iran.This is how some countries have been impacted: IRAN…
(2026-05-13). The West's bubble of illusion about Israel and about itself is finally being burst. asiapacificreport.nz 
The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West's moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West's military primacy, writes Jonathan Cook. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official Western narrative portrays a plucky,…
(2026-05-13). Israel strikes Lebanon as 380 reported killed since April 17 ceasefire. scmp.com Israel hammered south Lebanon with strikes on Tuesday ahead of talks between the two countries in Washington, as Beirut reported 380 people killed in Israeli attacks since an April 17 ceasefire took effect. | Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem vowed to turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces, and insisted his Iran-backed group's weapons would not be up for discussion at the talks on Thursday and Friday, after the US had called for its disarmament.
(2026-05-13). Headlines for May 13, 2026. democracynow.org Pentagon Comptroller Says Cost of Iran War Has Risen to $29 Billion, U.S. Inflation Rate Rose to 3.8% in April, WSJ Receives Subpoenas for Records of Journalists Reporting on Internal Discussions of Iran War, Peace Activists Disrupt Politico Defense Summit, Confronting Iranian Opposition Leader Reza Pahlavi, Israeli Attacks Kill 8 in Lebanon in Latest Breaches of U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire, Senators Grill FBI Director Kash Patel over Reports of Excessive Drinking, U.S. Negotiates with Denmark to Open New Military Bases in Greenland, CNN: CIA Officers in Mexico Are Directly Involved in "Targeted Assassinations&…
(2026-05-13). Remembering 262 Palestinian Journalists Israel has killed since Oct 2023. ummid.com On World Press Day, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip commemorated more than 262 journalists killed by Israeli forces since the start of the genocide on Oct 7, 2023.
(2026-05-13). Anti-genocide activists to be sentenced as terrorists for criminal damage. thecanary.co 
The Starmer regime will sentence four anti-genocide activists as terrorists, despite a rigged court convicting them only of criminal damage. A jury refused to convict the Filton 24 members in February, but the government — determined to pursue Starmer's Israel-driven war on UK rights — pushed for a retrial. At the second trial, the judge […] | By
(2026-05-13). I'll Stop Talking About Israel When Israel Gets The ____ Out Of My Face. caitlinjohnstone.com.au I'll stop talking about Israel when Israel gets the ____ out of my face. | I don't enjoy writing about this shit. I don't enjoy getting called a Nazi by state-funded shills all day. | I didn't ask to spend years watching a live-streamed genocide perpetrated right in front of my eyes with the facilitation of my own government. | I didn't choose to live in a world where Israel's actions directly affect me and my country. | I never invited the Israel lobby to attack my freedom of speech by trying to outlaw critici…
(2026-05-13). Human rights group calls out Israel: 'if everyone's lying, open Gaza'. thecanary.co 
Human rights group Euro-Med Monitor has called Israel's bluff on its genocide denialism. The murderous apartheid colony is again lashing out and calling the whole world liars for condemning its crimes. Euro-Med kept it simple and to the point: "if everyone's lying, open Gaza": Israel, if everyone is lying, open Gaza. If the ICC, the […] | By
(2026-05-13). Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader. democracynow.org 
Salah Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian immigrant, green card holder and president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been locked up in an ICE jail since late March. Despite his lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military authorities when he was a teenager in the occupied West Bank. Sarsour says he never understood the charges presented against him in Hebrew and that he was tortured in Israeli custody. Supporters view the case as an escalation of the Trump administrationR…
(2026-05-13). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.
(2026-05-13). Trump's Iran U-turn won't solve Israel's insecurity Trap. juancole.com ( It's possible that this latest instance, the pausing of military action over the Strait of Hormuz, stems from a realisation among some of his advisers that this is a war the US cannot win. More likely, though, it i…
(2026-05-13). Oil prices slip on teetering Iran ceasefire as Trump heads to China. tribune.com.pk 
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, snapping a three-day rally as investors awaited developments around the fragile Middle East ceasefire and braced for a high-stakes summit in China between United States President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping. | Brent crude futures dropped $1.22, or 1.1%, to $106.55 a barrel at 0410 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate futures fell $1.16, or 1.1%, to $101.02. | Both benchmarks have largely hovered around or above the $100 per barrel mark since the US and Israel began attacks on Iran at the end of February, and Tehran effectiv…
(2026-05-13). Iran war to cast a shadow on BRICS FM meeting in Delhi. newarab.com 
The The grouping, which originally included Brazil, Russia, India, Iran had urged India to use the BRICS platform to build a consensus condemning U.S. and Israeli actions. | The main differences have emerged b…
(2026-05-13). Exclusive-Saudi warplanes struck militias in Iraq during war, sources say. al-monitor.com By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra PamukRIYADH/BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into Iraq, multiple sources familiar with the matter said.The strikes are part of a broader pattern of military responses around the Gulf that remained largely hidden during a conflict that has drawn in the wider Middle East since joint Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran on February 28.
(2026-05-13). War On Iran: — Saudis blame Israel — Neocon Grandee concedes defeat. mronline.org 
Trump still hasn't recognized that, after he has lost the war, the sanctions game is also over. It is certainly not in Chinese, or anyone other's interest to help the U.S. to regain the hegemonic position it has now lost in the Gulf.
(2026-05-13). Mossad chief 'visited UAE twice' during US-Israel war on Iran. newarab.com 
The head of Israel's Barnea travelled secretly to the UAE on at least two separate occasions in March and April, the report said, highlighting a growing partnership between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv. | Israel's public broadcaster Kan separately reported on We…
(2026-05-13). Iran frees prominent rights lawyer Sotoudeh on bail – reports. al-monitor.com DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) – Iran has released on bail prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested in early April in a crackdown during the conflict with the United States and Israel, Iranian news agencies and her daughter said on Wednesday.Nournews, affiliated with Iran's top security body, said Sotoudeh was freed on bail, without referring to any charges she might still face. Mehraveh Khandan, Sotoudeh's daughter, confirmed her mother's release in a post on social media.
(2026-05-13). Iran hangs man on Israel spy charges, sixth since war started. newarab.com 
The Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website described Ehsan Afreshteh, 32, as "a spy trained by Mossad in Nepal who sold sensitive information to Israel". | But the Norway-based Hengaw and Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGOs said in separate statements that Afreshteh had denied he shared top secret…
(2026-05-13). Why Tehran Sees the UAE as the Weak Link in the Gulf Alliance. thinktank.pk The Middle East's geopolitical fault lines are shifting rapidly as tensions between Iran, the United States, Israel, and Gulf countries intensify. Among the Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates has increasingly emerged as a central focus of Iranian rhetoric, military signaling, and strategic messaging. While the UAE has long attempted to balance economic pragmatism with …
(2026-05-13). Netanyahu visited UAE, secretly met MBZ during Iran war: Israel's PM office. al-monitor.com JERUSALEM, May 13 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates and met with the Emirati president during the war with Iran, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday. According to the statement, the meeting resulted in an "historic breakthrough" in relations between Israel and the UAE.The statement appeared to be the first confirmation of a meeting between Netanyahu and the Emirati president.
(2026-05-13). Israeli ally UAE quits OPEC, OPEC. ummid.com The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Israeli allies in the Middle East, has announced to quit OPEC and OPEC+ amidst the crisis the world is facing because of the US-Israel led Zionist war on Iran.
(2026-05-13). Great Satan at the Strait: Iran, International law, and the collapse of the "rules-based order" mronline.org 
This investigation excavates how Associated Press reporting frames U.S.-Israeli coercion as diplomacy while presenting Iranian sovereignty as instability and defiance. It reconstructs the omitted legal, geopolitical, and economic terrain surrounding the war, exposing the contradiction between the UN Charter system and the operational reality of imperial power. It reframes the conflict as part of a …
(2026-05-13). UAE is using oil to reshape its position inside the Gulf hierarchy. ummid.com With its exit from OPEC and OPEC+, the UAE is challenging the authority of Riyadh, strengthening its own strategic autonomy, and moving closer to a regional make-up where the US and Israel remain central actors in the pressure campaign against Iran.
(2026-05-13). World's top media outlets urge Israel to "Let Us Into Gaza" ummid.com Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow international media to independently enter the Gaza Strip.
(2026-05-13). Nancy Fraser: Gaza as World Event. newleftreview.org The global reverberations of Israel's destruction of Gaza, understood as world event—an epochal turning point which serves to reveal the changing nature of the times. Philosophical reflections on the rise of a new-era McCarthyism in Germany and the US.
(2026-05-13). Israel: Netanyahu coalition faces collapse as Haredi rift widens. newarab.com 
(2026-05-13). Thunberg and Lineker join over 245 signing open letter defending Misan Harriman. thecanary.co 
Greta Thunberg and Gary Lineker have joined over 245 public figures in defending Misan Harriman in an open letter organised by the Good Law Project. This follows targeted attacks from pro-Israel bad actors, with the letter calling out this: dishonest smear campaign. Harriman sits as chair of the Southbank Centre and has earned a significant […] | By
(2026-05-13). Sanctioning "violent settlers," EU gives $3 million to firm hiring spies. electronicintifada.net Brussels officials pave way for future crimes against humanity.
(2026-05-13). Hondurasgate: The alleged US-Israeli plot shaking Latin America. newarab.com 
A series of Between January and April 2026, Canal Red and the investigative website Hondurasgate released a
(2026-05-13). Hezbollah launches biggest drone swarm attack yet on Israel. newarab.com 
(2026-05-13). Illegal Israeli settler groups recruiting at London event. thecanary.co 
An illegal Israeli settler group has been photographed at an event in London, despite calls for it to be sanctioned. The group, Shivat Zion, previously offered to help British people move to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. An exclusive investigation by Declassified UK found that the organisation recently held a fair at an Aliyah […] | By
(2026-05-13). Interfaith Pilgrimage From Oakland City Hall to Airport to Protest Israeli Crimes. indybay.org FedEx goes into hidihg…
(2026-05-13). Israel tech firms can locate and identify Starlink users. newarab.com 
Israeli cyber intelligence firms have developed technologies capable of The report said two Israeli-linked companies had developed systems capable of locating Starlink satellite terminals globally without directly hacking or intercepting the network itself. | The technologies instead rely on "data fusion" techniques that combine large volumes of digital and geolocation data to map terminal locati…
(2026-05-13). Microsoft Ousts Head of Israeli Branch Over Use of Tech to Spy on Palestinians. truthout.org Microsoft's Israel subsidiary has announced that its general manager, Alon Haimovich, will be stepping down from his position on May 31, after an investigation into the subsidiary's collaboration with the Israeli military. Microsoft ordered an inquiry into its Israel subsidiary last year after a joint investigation by The Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine… |
english.palinfo.com (2026-05-11). Gaza: Several civilians injured, two martyrs recovered as Israeli ceasefire violations enter day 214Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip left several Palestinian civilians wounded, while the bodies of two martyrs were recovered on Monday, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire now in its 214th consecutive day.