Another Middle East war would be disastrous for Britain
Feb 15, 2024 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
Since the beginning of the year the Royal navy and Air Force have joined the US military in launching a series of strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The strikes have been in retaliation for Houthi attacks on shipping ...
Feb 08, 2024 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Biden administration has frozen pending decisions on permit applications to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to countries other than U.S. free trade partners. During this pause, which will last for up to 15...
With airstrikes on Houthi rebels, are the US and UK playing fast and loose with international law?
Feb 08, 2024 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The US and UK have over the past few weeks carried out a number of joint military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. The strikes have been in response to attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on both commercial and...
How Iran controls a network of armed groups to pursue its regional strategy
Feb 08, 2024 12:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
It took the US several days to respond to the January 28 attack on its military base in Jordan that killed three of its service personnel. But when it did, it hit at least 85 targets across Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon...
Gaza is now the frontline of a global information war
Feb 08, 2024 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have become key battlegrounds in an information war that goes far wider than their tightly drawn physical borders. Carefully crafted social media posts and other online propaganda are...
Middle East crisis: US airstrikes against Iran-backed armed groups explained
Feb 06, 2024 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
US airstrikes on Iran-backed armed groups on February 2 have been anticipated for some time. Since the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, US forces in the Middle East have been targeted more than 150 times. These...
US raids in Iraq and Syria: How retaliatory airstrikes affect network of Iran-backed militias
Feb 05, 2024 07:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. bombers struck dozens of sites across Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, 2024, to avenge a drone attack that killed three American service members just days earlier. The retaliatory strikes were the first following a deadly...
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