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Radio War Nerd EP #605 — Lebanon, Syria, Iraq fronts in the US-Israel War on Iran, feat. Cyrus (Patreon)

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2026-05-09 16:43:13
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2026-05-09 18:59:37
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Guest: "Cyrus", MENA researcherRecorded: May 7, 2026

Friend of the show Cyrus joins us from Beirut to report on other ongoing fronts in the US-Israel War on Iran: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq.

Further listening with Cyrus: EP #589 - Hezbollah Rising

Total time: 1:41:41Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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Torgeir Tannenwald

Love how the thumbnail says how fresh out the mint this one is

Tristan

Paper's still warm

Michael Conlin-Elsen

Just scrolled past that drone-to-buttcheek video on twitter as this post popped up. May I say, you gents really do it for me.

James Whale

Does anyone have good books about shia insurgency in Iraq ? Specifically non western sources . Id love some research help !

William

“Don’t call it a ceasefire, I been bombing here for years”

William

The combination of shitty intelligence and AI driven target lists is probably why the US is randomly targeting one time allies in Iraq

JoR

Around l 20 minutes in Cyrus referenced a poem. I think this is genuinely the first time in 600+ episodes someone besides John did that, without being asked 😂

Basil

Cyrus is living in an alternate reality if he thinks Ghouta was a regime attack

Inmybirkin

What is it I’m out the loop

ploob

'Get to the F150!'

JJ

What significance does the Islamic resistance in Syria group opposing Israel have at present? Their initial leader was apparently killed and they have a new person now.

Bryan Nicholson

Eps with Cyrus are some my favorites. Keep him coming back as a guest, pls!

Aidan Coffey

Love how Cyrus says "more than a hunch." Real OGs don't talk about their sources.

William

Cyrus is the Alex Aviña of RWN. If you know, you know

Torgeir Tannenwald

Oh, just a still from the latest Hezbollah video, mere hours old as of this posting, from an FPV drone, probably capturing an Israeli invaders last moment.

Yiannis Kouros

It was obviously a triple false-flag attack with the sarin bombs being supplied by CIA-backed Greek Cypriots to Turkish Kurds. All other lamestream media narratives are fake news.

Ilias

Cyrus is such a measured and informative guest to have on, great job guys. And this comes from a guy who grew up with hatred for this name drilled into him!

Tyler Berglund

One of the best guests in podcast, talk radio history.

blazed uncle

Another great episode. Stay safe, Cyrus!

J P 3

Wonder if the targeting in Iraq was a byproduct of AI targeting, or just Trump admin idiocy.

peter c donahue

Thanks for sticking up for Graber and Bookchin, I didn’t know Cyrus was an anarcho- hater.

Simon

Excellent episode as usual. Cyrus's observation about the Israeli economy was especially interesting, because I recall many analysts in 2024 forecasting doom for Israel because of a faltering economy and massive out migration.

Breakaway

I think Alex would be a good guest for RWN

Max King

Cyrus is just wrong about Iraq. He does not know what he is talking about or is lying. The PMF works closely with Iran to target US forces in Iraq, the PMFs current chief of staff for example used to be the general secretary of Kataib Hezbollah. Something Cyrus either didn’t know, or willfully obscured

Max King

Cyrus is either completely misinformed on Iraq or is just straight up lying. The part where he claims the US “turned on” Fayyadh, the head of the PMF’s civilian chairman, is quite the claim. The US sanctioned Fayyadh after it was revealed he was working with the IRGC. It’s downright irresponsible that Mark and John let him say the shit he was saying in this episode. People in this comment section and the hosts seem to have been duped into believing that the US is randomly targeting militias in Iraq. No, the US knows who it is bombing and why. These groups in Iraq are targeting US forces. I was there last year, I know who fucking bombed me

StingrayMD

I haven't seen them do anything other than announce their existence