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Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 6, 2026

Key Takeaways Russia is reportedly sharing intelligence with Iran to support Iranian attacks against US forces in the Middle East, which highlights the deepening cooperation between two major US adversaries. Iran may not have regular access to high-quality satellite imagery, even from commercially available sources, and may be relying on …

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Iran Update Morning Special Report, March 5, 2026

Key Takeaways The combined force has continued to degrade Iran’s ballistic missile and drone capabilities to disrupt Iran’s ability to launch retaliatory attacks against Israel and US forces. The decrease in retaliatory Iranian drone and missile attacks strongly suggests that the US-Israeli effort to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile and drone …

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Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 4, 2026

Key Takeaways The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted multiple strikes at several military compounds in southeastern Tehran on March 4 that house the headquarters of several services and branches of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as other internal security forces. The IDF strikes could be part of …

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Palestinians in Syria: Handarat After the Fall

A shattered refugee camp becomes emblematic of the Palestinian ordeal in SyriaOnce a frontline in Aleppo’s war, the devastated Palestinian camp now faces a new reckoning over militias, reconstruction and the question of Syrian citizenship. On a hill in northeast Aleppo, overlooking the Queiq River waterfall where families gather in …

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Syria will not target Hezbollah positions inside Lebanon

The Syrian Ministry of Defense said the current deployment of Syrian army units along the country’s borders with neighboring states, including Lebanon, does not constitute a military escalation but rather a purely defensive and organizational measure that does not target any country or party. The ministry explained that the deployment …

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Who Will Be Iran’s Next Supreme Leader?

If the succession process can be carried out as Khamenei intended, it will likely bring a hardliner into power. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death on Saturday after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit his compound immediately re-invoked the succession issue inside Iran, along with threats from the U.S. president to interfere in …

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Great Power Spillover from the Iran War: Implications for China, Russia, Turkey, and Europe

Washington Institute experts explain what U.S. officials and military planners should be on the lookout for as great power competitors and close allies outside the region consider their responses to the crisis. Trump’s Next Steps Will Reverberate Beyond the Middle East President Trump’s decision to attack Iran adds another layer …

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