Opinion | Global South nations are insulating themselves from the heat of US actions
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Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3348447/global-south-nations-a…
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Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ensuing conflagration offer a window into how the US-led order works”
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The Wikipedia entry for '2026 Iran war' explicitly confirms that the US and Israel conducted airstrikes on Iran in February 2026, leading to a conflict. This directly corroborates the claim.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
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— The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
“Developing nations are consciously securing defence autonomy, fostering geoeconomic resilience and asserting resource sovereignty”
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No relevant evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about developing nations' defense autonomy strategies.
“The Middle East has been reclaiming geopolitical agency on its own terms”
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No relevant evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about Middle Eastern countries asserting geopolitical agency.
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