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The U.S. military, meanwhile, withdrew from its bases in Syria earlier this year, ending a more than decadelong commitment to the country that began as a mission to fight Islamic State extremists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said Monday afternoon in a social-media post.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Iranian negotiators reportedly suspended “discussions and exchanges of texts through intermediaries” because of Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon, according to the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei condemned the Bandar Abbas attack as a “gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter,” the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency External link reported Thursday.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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