Tag: Israel

Israeli defense minister warns strikes on Iran to increase ‘significantly’

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on Iran in the coming week...

Iranian media: US and Israel attack the Natanz nuclear facility

The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to the Islamic Republic’s Atomic Energy Organisation. A statement released by the...

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes against Syria

(Al Arabiya) Saudi Arabia on Saturday denounced Israel’s strikes on Syrian army camps as “blatant Israeli aggression,” calling on the international community to intervene....

Israel’s Elbit reveals military contract to put high-powered laser weapon on aircraft

(Seth J. Frantzman - Breaking Defense) Israel’s Elbit Systems recently revealed it has received a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to put...

Trump says he told Netanyahu not to attack Iran’s gas fields

(Agencies/Al Arabiya) US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike anymore gas fields in Iran,...

Iranian attack hits Israeli oil refinery in Haifa, some damage reported

(Reuters - Al Arabiya) An Iranian missile attack hit Israel’s Oil Refineries ORL.TA in the northern port city of Haifa but did not cause...

US and Israeli war aims in Iran are not the same, Gabbard says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday during a hearing in front of the House intelligence committee that the American and...

Hard power, soft power e l’arte di vincere perdendo

(Girolamo Boffa) Il soft power non è più soltanto il volto presentabile della politica estera. È diventato qualcosa di più: il terreno su cui si prepara,...

An Unserious Justification for an Unnecessary War: Assessing the U.S. “Article 51” Letter to U.N. on Iran War

(Brian Finucane - Just Security) In a letter to the U.N. Security Council dated March 10, 2026, the United States presented its international legal...

Defeating Iran’s Strategy: Energy Security and the “Abraham Shield”

(Assaf Orion - The Washington Institute) Two strategies are currently competing in the Iran war. On one hand, the United States and Israel are...

‘He has what I need and I have what he needs’ — Zelensky says he’s ready for talks on interceptor drones with Netanyahu

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the topic of...

La paura della guerra ibrida

(Marzia Giglioli) La guerra in Iran ogni giorno presenta scenari diversi, difficili da inserire in uno schema che pensavamo in qualche modo di conoscere o...

Turkey has weathered regional instability before. But the war in Iran poses greater risks to Ankara than past conflicts

(Grady Wilson - Atlantic Council) Despite Turkey’s hopes and efforts to mediate prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Ankara is being increasingly drawn into...

The Dynamics You Aren’t Watching: Iran’s Campaign Across Its Peripheries

(The Soufan Center) During the course of the Iran War, Iran reportedly targeted an Azerbaijani enclave and the Incirlik Air Base in Türkiye, while...

Mojtaba Khamenei’s First Statement Signals Escalation and Regional Pressure

(The Soufan Center) In his first statement since being appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei endorsed Iran’s current defense and deterrence strategy while deliberately keeping...

Lebanon Wracked by Spillover from the Iran War

(The Soufan Center) Renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a spillover of the Iran war, has undermined more than a year of fragile stability...