I find it strange how Russia has faded from the spotlight. A friend of mine working as a shipping operator in Dubai just shared in our group chat that Ukraine is launching a massive barrage of missiles and drones into Russia. One of his vessels is currently in Novorossiysk,

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, says that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has become a global threat, requiring urgent global action. He explained that the reason for postponing the vote in the UN Security Council was to reach an international

BREAKING: Tonight, the Iranian regime has launched attacks on civilian areas in Koya, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah. All locations are civilian sites, not military headquarters. The footage shows Koya.

Russian export terminals are taking serious damage in recent weeks. Novorossiysk tonight, Primorsk and Ust Luga also hit in the last few weeks. Today Iraqi crude exports resumed. India has been buying Russian barrels recently and is one of Iraq's primary crude importers.

I mean, not really no, this was a pretty straightforward incident all things considered. This F-15 was conducting strike operations around Isfahan in preparation for the possibility of a ground team being sent in. They got shot down (like at least 2 MQ-9s before them, probably

Add to this the massive dents to Russian export capacity in the Baltic and Black Sea Ports, then you see what is actually coming and much sooner than most like to admit.

How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours An ex-USAF Special Tactics Squadron member tells how the impromptu airfield in Iran would have been rapidly established and defended. Exclusive: twz.com/news-features/…

I wonder how long MOIS will now spend interrogating every farmer in the vicinity of an IRGC base or sensitive site with land suitable for a makeshift runway. Will take some time before people grasp what type of human Iranian assets were deployed to secure the rescue of the WSO

A British company called Skycutter, based in the East Midlands, just finished first out of the entire field in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program. Score of 99.3 out of 100. The largest order goes to them: two and a half thousand units, an initial Pentagon contract of twenty

Starting to think that even Reform UK won't have the courage to do what actually needs to be done

“From Tehran’s point of view, they think that they have Trump over a barrel. They think they have weaponized the world economy, have taken everything that America can throw at them, and came out standing,” said William Wechsler, director of Middle East programs at the Atlantic

At the end of the day, among all the threats Iran poses to the international system, one stands out as existential: its nuclear program. This regime, arguably more extreme than its predecessor, cannot be allowed to retain its nuclear stockpile - first and foremost 440 kg

"They were aiming their rifles at us" ...as we tried to storm the Ministry of Defense in support of Hamas, a terrorist organization. The UK is one election away from going beyond the point of no return. Absolute madness.

The American empire is arrogant, brutal and the only thing standing between Western civilisation and those who want to end it. You can hate Trump’s America all you like, but who else can defend the West? The EU? Don’t be ridiculous, says Joel Kotkin buff.ly/93CB5Z0

The Greens are getting far too easy a ride in the media. Their policies are demented. The party has become a magnet for bigots. And yet Reform is still painted as the extreme and divisive force. It’s absurd, says Tom Slater buff.ly/2X20DOd

You can clear mines and deploy carriers, but you cannot force shipowners to take risk. Hormuz does not reopen because politicians say so. It reopens when incentives align. Enjoy my latest piece... open.substack.com/pub/alexanders…

Iranian focus on Kurdish opposition groups remains steadfast as they can cause headaches, albeit not threatening the regimes overall stability, but still enough to highlight vulnerabilities in the Iranian security apparatus. middleeasteye.net/news/no-ceasef…

To sum up the day. The Strait of Hormuz is still not open unless vessels go through the Iranian tollbooth, the U.S. naval blockade of Iran continues, and the dramatic decline in oil prices is caused not by the changing reality on the ground but by market expectations — possibly

At least we have clarity now. The Strait of Hormuz is closed not because of supposed mines. It is closed because the IRGC is currently firing live rounds into vessels trying to cross. wsj.com/livecoverage/i…

The best thing you'll read on how Iran's leadership reads the tense status quo (and why it doesn't want to normalise the current suspended conflict) Hamidreza Azizi irananalytica.org/p/irans-no-war…