Kiran unlocked her dosa shop in Bangalore before sunrise, a morning routine she had followed for many years. Only, this time she was not able to open for business. The price of gas had surged again, and deliveries of a LPG cylinder had become uncertain. Thousands of kilometers away in …
Read More »Under cover of Iran war, Israel accelerates West Bank annexation
New restrictions on movement and a deadly surge in settler violence in the occupied West Bank have raised fears that Israel is exploiting the war on Iran to accelerate its long-term goal of annexing the Palestinian territory. At least 11 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army and settlers …
Read More »What the Iran conflict means for the future of drone warfare
The Iran war reflects how drones are no longer supporting weapons but central instruments of modern conflict, redefining how battles are fought and defended In over two weeks of war, unmanned weapons systems have become the backbone of Iran’s strategy, targeting military bases, energy facilities, ports, and shipping lanes – …
Read More »Will Gaza’s ceasefire survive the US-Israeli war on Iran?
As the Middle East confronts a rapidly escalating confrontation between the US, Israel, and Iran, the already fragile ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip has returned to the centre of regional political calculations. What once appeared to be a tentative pause in the most devastating war in Gaza’s modern history …
Read More »Inside Israel’s ‘Gazafication’ of south Lebanon
For nearly two decades, the Litani River functioned as an informal red line in the uneasy balance between Israel and Hezbollah. Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Lebanon War, the area south of the river was meant to be free of heavy Hezbollah military presence, …
Read More »Syria Is Not Ready to Wage War Beyond Its Borders
The U.S. metric for effective cooperation shouldn’t be whether Syria is willing to fight Iran’s proxies in Lebanon or Iraq, but whether it continues advancing regional stability by securing its borders, limiting the flow of Iranian weapons and fighters, and coordinating politically with neighbors. A March 17 Reuters report suggested …
Read More »War on Iran: Seven Thousand Years of Civilisation, Against Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Empire
“The conqueror need not be stronger than the conquered. He need only be more willing to endure.” — Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah, 14th century “No people has ever been liberated by a war it could not endure.” — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, 1961 “All human beings are members …
Read More »Which countries have strategic oil reserves – and how much?
Members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves. Iran’s paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz has led to major disruption in global oil and gas supply and many countries have begun tapping into their strategic oil reserves to evade an …
Read More »What are Iran’s cluster munitions that are penetrating Israeli defences?
Hours after Israel’s assassination of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani on March 17, a little more than two weeks into their war, Iran fired a series of deadly cluster missiles at central Israel in what its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) described as “revenge” for his death. The overnight attack …
Read More »The Convicted Kosovar Bank Burglar With a Cameo in a Drake Video
Originally from Kosovo, Hamdi Lataj has listed his address in one of Toronto’s most exclusive condo towers, sits courtside at Raptors basketball games, and appears in a music video for the hip-hop superstar Drake. The 62-year-old man of Albanian descent appears to live a life of luxury. But police and …
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