Has Iran’s "Axis of Resistance" Strategy Made It More Vulnerable? "The level of infiltration across various networks has been significant. And while the network-centric approach taken by Iran with the Axis of Resistance is a ..." - Dr MENA analytica Ltd Read:bit.ly/3TBSFs2

My new IISS News analysis on the new phase of the Israel-Hizbullah war.

Leaked docs: While Gaza starved, USAID and State's refugees bureau came to a legally explosive conclusion — Israel had deliberately prevented food & medicine from getting in But Blinken told congress the exact opposite, so the arms could keep flowing. propublica.org/article/gaza-p…

UNHCR confirms two of their workers have been killed in the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon ‘Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon are now relentlessly claiming hundreds of civilian lives’ - Filippo Grandi

“Addressing the UN… [Saudi Arabia’s] Prince Faisal bin Farhan warned that international institutions are ‘unfit for purpose,’ as demonstrated by the UN’s inability to hold Israel accountable for ‘all the atrocities it has committed.’” #Gaza #SaudiArabia arabnews.com/node/2572504/s…

Biden will go down in Middle Eastern history as the most disastrous US President At a time where both narratives and actions matter more than ever, he set a new record in cognitive dissonance, say-do-gaps, toxic political & moral leadership and US power decline

"I am not just a number. I am human. With an identity. With a homeland. I am Palestine" 15,000 teddy bears displayed as an art project in Doha to remember the 15,000+ killed children of Gaza parismatch.com/actu/internati…

EXCLUSIVE: British organisation UK Lawyers for Israel sought assistance of the Israeli government after being threatened with legal action by British charity and a Palestinian NGO. Investigation by Imran Mulla, Simon Hooper and me for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/news/uk-lawyer…

Amir of the State of #Qatar: The Palestinian issue will not disappear except in two cases: the disappearance of the occupation or the disappearance of the Palestinian people. #UNGA

The Axis of Resistance isn’t an alliance, it is a heterarchical network of collective action of autonomous actors receiving varying degrees of Iranian support Iran is a hub, but Hezbollah wouldn’t call on the IRGC to come to their assistance axios.com/2024/09/24/hez…

The #US admitted Qatar into its visa waiver program, allowing Qatari citizens to travel visa-free for up to 90 days starting December 1. The US Departments of Homeland Security & State noted that #Qatar is the 1st Gulf nation to meet the program's strict security requirements.

".Dr Andreas Krieg said that while #Hezbollah operations had been disrupted by the past week's attacks, the group's networked organisational structure helped make it an extremely resilient force." reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Research suggests that decaptiation and hollowing out a network-centric organisation will not provide strategic collapse of the organisation - it’s not a hierarchy Worse, it leads with more radical and less rational elements filling the ranks

Pretty important scoop. "Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters" reuters.com/world/russia-h…

#Israel's posture is changing in the North calling up 8,000 reservists - a signal that a ground offensive is imminent pressuring #Hezbollah into a temporary ceasefire The US has been useless as a broker in Gaza, where this conflict started and will end axios.com/2024/09/25/bid…

4 #UAE soldiers killed and 9 injured in mysterious "unspecified accident" UAE personnel are stationed overseas in Somalia (where UAE soldiers were killed earlier this year), Yemen, Sudan, Libya

G7 + Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE joint statement: Thus we call for an immediate 21 day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border to provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement…   We call on all parties, including the Governments of Israel and

"But the crown jewels of its missile capability are not stored overground but underground. These larger missiles with bigger warheads and longer range will only be used if Hezbollah is confronted with an all-out war scenario,” Dr Andreas Krieg said. middleeasteye.net/explainers/isr…

"#Israel is ramping up posture and rhetoric to pressure #Hezbollah to come to the negotiation table. A ground invasion is not imminent and would come reluctantly as the IDF still struggles with the other two fronts. Ultimately, Israel needs to solve the issue in #Gaza" Defence Studies KCL

In 2016 and 2020 the greatest interference polarising debate and (de)mobilizing voters was Russia In 2024 it is this guy 👇