A complex timeline for a complex region: Major regional conflicts and events in the the Middle East from 2000 to April 2024

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Tel Aviv on Sunday the 14th of April morning after the Iran attack.

My statement on the Iranian regime’s attack on Israel.

The escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict has come at a bad time for global markets. The market are already in a risk-off mode (after the US CPI disappointment) and now must contend with the implications of the weekend events on inflation.
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300+ launches.
99% interception rate.
This is the breakdown of Iran's attack last night:

In all, Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles (cruise + ballistic).
One little girl was injured.
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BREAKING: SKY NEWS CONFIRMS THAT UK ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) JETS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEFENCE OF ISRAEL TONIGHT - Source Sky News TV

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had been preparing for years for a possible direct attack by Iran.

Netanyahu made the comments in a video posted on X shortly before news that Iran had started firing drones at Israel (Translation via AP) trib.al/48Sg33E

What a lovely video! 😊✌️

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Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel unfolding. Follow live on Bloomberg
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We strongly condemn the Iranian seizure of the Portuguese flagged, British-owned MSC AIRES in international waters. The crew is comprised of Indian, Filipino, Pakistani, Russian & Estonian nationals. We call on Iran to release the vessel & its international crew immediately.

Indians are on the ship Iran grabbed. India has a lot of experience tackling seajacking and rescuing its personnel.
For the moment, though, looks like diplomatic channels have been activated.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have seized a Portuguese civilian cargo ship, belonging to an EU member, claiming Israeli ownership.

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Israel is bracing for an attack by Iran within the next 48 hours.
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No Landing, Soft Landing, Hard Landing

In the past 5 years, India has landed a rover on the Moon, China built a permanently crewed space station and the US transplanted a pig's kidney in a human & cracked cellular therapy for blood cancer.
Britain is still repairing the Hammersmith bridge.
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Something I came across during my graduation in the early 1980s.

I am feeling this tremor under my chair.
After the hotter-than-expected US inflation report, money markets are slashing their bets for Fed rate cuts this year.
Full wagers for the first cut have been pushed to NOVEMBER and the second to JANUARY.
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