{"id":95170,"date":"2026-08-14T04:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95170"},"modified":"2026-08-14T04:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:27:40","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-14-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95170","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/14\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Government officials told The Intercept the War Department\u2019s latest civilian casualty report was &#8216;sickening&#8217; and a &#8216;joke'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/08\/11\/war-department-civilian-casualties-boat-strikes-yemen\/\">\u201cTotal Whitewash\u201d: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-strait-hormuz-yemen-houthi-august-13-2026-42eb6af678a8f16d3a2cb14bd7918a12\">Iran-backed Houthis Clash with Yemeni Forces and Other Mideast Developments<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/us-threatens-iran-economic-isolation-never-seen\">US Threatens Iran with &#8216;Economic Isolation, Like the World Has Never Seen&#8217;<\/a> (New Arab)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aircraft-carriers-uss-abraham-lincoln-washington-iran-5366eba29f72b6b317416fde81d57a61\">New Aircraft Carrier Heads Toward Middle East After Reports of Issues on Long-deployed USS Lincoln<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/13\/us-military-has-lost-roughly-25-its-reaper-drones-iran-war-depletes-arsenal\/\">U.S. Military Has Lost Roughly 25% of Its Reaper Drones as Iran War Depletes Arsenal<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/global-trends\/israel-warned-us-of-iran-plots-against-trump-but-us-could-not-verify-threats\/articleshow\/133227786.cms\">Israel Warned US of Iran Plots Against Trump, but US Could Not Verify Threats<\/a> (Economic Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/14\/uae-accuses-iran-of-attacks-on-two-adnoc-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz\">UAE Accuses Iran of Attacks on Two ADNOC Vessels in Strait of Hormuz<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[I]t is unclear why American taxpayers should be compelled to finance their work. What&#8217;s equally baffling is the administration&#8217;s seeming insistence that foreign aid go only to Christian groups&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/08\/12\/trump-promised-to-end-foreign-aid-now-hes-giving-christian-groups-nearly-2-billion\/?mc_eid=e1ce968106\">Trump Promised to End Foreign Aid. Now He&#8217;s Giving Christian Groups Nearly $2 Billion<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/08\/13\/palestinians-west-bank-forces-siege\/6131786641808\/\">Palestinians in the West Bank Told to Leave as Forces Try to End Siege<\/a> (UPI)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/palestine-urges-international-community-us-to-halt-israeli-attacks-aimed-at-annexing-west-bank\/4026865\">Palestine Urges International Community, US to Halt Israeli Attacks Aimed at Annexing West Bank<\/a> (Andalu Ajansi)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2026\/08\/14\/anas-al-sharif-one-year-later-the-systematic-killing-of-palestines-journalists\/\">Anas Al-Sharif One Year Later: The Systematic Killing of Palestine\u2019s Journalists<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]his study reveals the primary mechanisms that obstruct evidence collection, discredit researchers, foster fear and self-censorship, induce psychological distress, and erode social cohesion among the Uyghur diaspora&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/cpcs\/article\/doi\/10.1525\/cpcs.2026.2726260\/218773\/If-You-Fly-to-the-Sky-I-Can-Catch-You-by-Your-Feet\">\u201cIf You Fly to the Sky, I Can Catch You by Your Feet\u201d: Beijing\u2019s Transnational Authoritarian Control of Uyghur Diaspora Research and Documentation Efforts<\/a> (University of California Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-905452\">IDF<\/a> is now seeing a stunningly speedy turnaround that it did not expect and not in merely one or another specific area, but in many areas, including regarding the ballistic missile threat&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-905474\">Israeli Officials Stunned by Iran\u2019s Rapid Military Recovery After 2026 War &#8211; Exclusive<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Iran is entitled to insist that the United States comply with international law, as other States are entitled to demand that Iran do likewise; neither party has clean hands in this conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/153505\/iran-conditions-hormuz-international-law\/\">Iran\u2019s Conditions for Reopening Hormuz: What International Law Requires, Permits, and Forbids<\/a> (Just Security)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[C]alls to end public funding for genocide and war crimes continue to grow&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/adalahjusticeproject.substack.com\/p\/not-on-our-dime-ny-state-assemblymember\">Not On Our Dime!: NY State Assemblymember Diana Moreno on Ending Complicity in War Crimes<\/a> (Palestine Connection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite &#8220;online rumors, hateful commentary, and even alleged threats&#8221; from outsiders, &#8220;Benoit officials are standing behind the decision to add her to the bench&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supertalk.fm\/benoit-officials-back-appointment-of-muslim-attorney-to-municipal-judge-seat\/\">Benoit Officials Back Appointment of Muslim Attorney to Municipal Judge Seat<\/a> (SuperTalk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Government officials told The Intercept the War Department\u2019s latest civilian casualty report was &#8216;sickening&#8217; and a &#8216;joke&#8217;&#8221;: \u201cTotal Whitewash\u201d: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes (The Intercept) Iran war updates: Iran-backed Houthis Clash with Yemeni Forces and Other Mideast Developments (AP) US Threatens Iran with &#8216;Economic Isolation, Like the World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95172,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95170\/revisions\/95172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}