Middle Orient

The drone strike on the British air base in Akrotiri brings Europe’s proximity to the conflict in Iran into sharp relief. In the fog of war, old tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean risk being reignited, and regional stakeholders must avoid escalation. Two weeks into the massive U.S. and Israeli military …

While the Gulf states find themselves directly in the line of fire, their frustration is not directed only at Tehran, but increasingly at fellow Arab states whose response has been muted, symbolic, or absent altogether. As far as the Gulf states are concerned, the Arab response is just background noise. …

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L’amiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian, représentant du Guide suprême de la Révolution islamique et de la République islamique au Conseil de défense iranien, a répondu aux informations de médias américains selon lesquelles l’administration américaine envisage une intervention terrestre en Iran. Selon le New York Times, le déploiement de la 82e division …

Trump est tombé dans un piège préparé de longue date : une guerre qu’il ne peut pas gagner, selon des règles qu’il ne maîtrise pas. Ce qui devait être une démonstration de force redessine aujourd’hui le Moyen-Orient et accélère un basculement vers un ordre international fragmenté et posthégémonique. Trump pris …

NOTE: ISW-CTP will no longer publish morning updates covering the war with Iran. ISW-CTP will instead publish threads on its social media channels in the morning that cover the latest developments in the war and include relevant maps.Key Takeaways The United States presented a 15-point proposal to Iran via Pakistan …

An array of former British security officials are advising a US-based group that is cheerleading the US/Israel war on Iran Senior British military and intelligence figures including two former UK security ministers and a head of special forces are advising a US organisation that has long supported military action against …

Exclusive: Scottish factory helps make US Tomahawk missiles reportedly used in attack on the Minab compound in Iran, where over 100 children were killed. Graves being prepared for the victims of the Minab school massacre. (Iranian Foreign Media Department / Alamy) On 28 February, a girls’ primary school in southern …

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 …

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 …