Main combat operations in the north of the Gaza Strip have come to an end, with the focus shifting to central and southern Gaza. In central Gaza, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) has advanced and encircled the Al Bureij camp. They have also advanced south along the Salah Al Deen road. The IDF has continued …
The conflict between Israel, US and Iran has not been a direct war. Tehran has increasingly utilized non-state actors to expand its regional influence and achieve its strategic objectives in the Middle East. However, Iran is vulnerable to minorities and groups inside Iran. More than half of Iran’s population are non-persian ethnic minorities—Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Arabs, …
The Institute for the Study of War reports that Israel appears to be nearing the final stages of its clearing operation in the northern Gaza Strip. The al Qassem Brigades still has two units that are not committed to combat in the Rafah and the Central governorates that it could draw on to defend Khan …
India is an emerging economic superpower and there is increasing trade between India and Europe, the US and India and trade with China. The Biden administration in September announced the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. This would have moved a lot of trade between Europe to India through Israel and Saudi Arabia. One-third of world trade …
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has taken control of significantly more area in northern and southern Gaza. Senior Hamas member Ahmed Bahr has been killed by an Israeli airstrike, according to a statement made by Hamas. There is continued Understanding War report: 1. Israeli forces continued advancing eastwards from the al Shifa Hospital, which is …
U.S. Defense Officials have reportedly convinced the Israeli Government not to launch a Preemptive Strike on Hezbollah Forces in Lebanon, with them promising that U.S. Naval Assets in the Eastern Mediterranean including the USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier will provide Military Assistance if Hezbollah does launch a Major Attack against Israel. According to the …
There will be heavy price for ultimate peace. Hamas is Gaza has fired 6000 out of 20,000 or more rockets, so Iran has supplied and Hamas has made a lot of weapons. There explosives, mortars, missiles and drones. There are 30,000 to 200,000 equipped soldiers. They do not have tanks but they are an equipped …
Protest in Iran have now spread to at least 50 Iranian cities, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab. Videos showing women burning their headscarves and crowds chanting “death to the dictator” amid burning cars are …
The US State Department is waiving sanctions on Iran’s civilian nuclear program. The waiver allows other countries and companies to participate in Iran’s civilian nuclear program without triggering US sanctions. The State Department claims that this waiver is needed so that other countries can check the status of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles and proliferation activities …
Iran can have enough weapon-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in as little as three weeks per the Institute for Science and International Security. Per ISIS – As of November 2021, Iran had enough enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in the form of near 20 and 60 percent enriched uranium to produce enough weapon-grade uranium (WGU), …
Iran and Venezuela have been kept out of the regular oil markets for years with US and European sanctions. Iran and Venezuela, each used to export a couple million barrels of oil per day or more if you look further back in time. Venezuela had a longer twenty-year decline because they wrecked their economy and …