The Houthis have since become more active, adding to the risks surrounding commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Following the October 7 attacks, the movement intermittently entered the conflict with Israel
The Houthis have since become more active, adding to the risks surrounding commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Following the October 7 attacks, the movement intermittently entered the conflict with Israel
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Iran’s economy is under severe strain, but its military apparatus remains capable of continuing the war. That contradiction is central to the country’s current position, according to an analysis published by Die
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Across Tehran, banners carrying images of rocket-propelled grenades, sniper rifles, assault weapons and communications equipment pose a blunt question: “Do you know how to work with this?” The message forms part of
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Iran and the United States are both under significant economic pressure and have expressed a willingness to de-escalate. Yet neither side has shown signs of softening its core demands. Instead, developments stretching
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For more than seven months, the military confrontation between the United States and Iran has transformed parts of the Middle East into a zone of heightened geopolitical tension. Yet the consequences have
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
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Diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the Middle East appeared to falter on Monday as a planned meeting between Iran and Gulf Arab states was postponed, while attacks around the region’s two
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On 2 September, fragments from a US missile tore through the roof of a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, in Iran’s southern county of Sirik. Four people were killed, including a child, and
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The economic pressure being exerted on Iran by the United States is inflicting severe hardship on the population without materially changing the country’s core demands or preventing Tehran from challenging US operations
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Iran International reported on August 31 that its sources had provided information about three alleged recruits and an operation being developed by Unit 4000, the Special Operations Division of the Islamic Revolutionary
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The fragile ceasefire and current status quo of the war between the United States and Iran were tested over the weekend as the U.S. military launched its first strikes in over a
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The U.S.-Iran war has reached its six-month mark without a settlement, despite intensified mediation by Pakistan, Qatar and Oman and continuing efforts to revive the collapsed but still viable June peace outline,
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The Pentagon is facing a striking dual pressure: an increasingly political battle over who speaks for the US military, and growing concern among senior commanders about the resources being consumed by the
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After months of exhausting all options and with limited impact from Operation Economic Fury on Iran, the US now appears to be launching a full-scale economic offensive against Iran to up the
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Modern wars can begin inside networks long before missiles are launched or fighter aircraft cross a border. Iran’s expanding use of cyber operations alongside kinetic warfare offers an important lesson for South
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