The Islamic State group announced through its weekly publication al-Naba that it had carried out a series of separate attacks in Syria. The attacks targeted members of the Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Aleppo and al-Hasakah countryside over the past week, killing at least …

Toplines The United States lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is already on tankers at sea until April 11, 2026, a decision that will buttress the Russian war economy. The US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) reported on March 12 that it is temporarily authorizing the delivery and sale …

Iraqi militias loyal to the Iranian regime claimed that they shot down a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over western Iraq on March 12. The US military has confirmed that the tanker crashed but stated that it was not brought down via “hostile fire.” The aircraft was used to refuel …

With each day of glorified actions against Iran, with each cloudy press session claiming supreme success through sheer force, the Trump administration is struggling to keep up appearances. Through an approach of existential attrition, the clerical regime in Tehran is now causing shocks and tingles in the global market, striking …

L’Axe de la Résistance a resserré l’étau. Le Yémen à “l’heure zéro”, la CIA traquée par les Irakiens, l’offensive “Al-Asf al-Ma’kul” du Hezbollah & l’Iran maintient le contrôle sur le détroit d’Ormuz. Le Yémen proclame “l’heure zéro” — L’armada américaine (Marines et bombardiers) se prépare pour “la grande frappe”, et …

NOTE: ISW-CTP will not publish morning updates covering the war with Iran on March 14 and 15. ISW-CTP will publish threads on its social media channels in the morning on these days that cover the latest developments in the war and include relevant maps. CORRECTION: ISW-CTP removed a sentence that …

La guerre comme mandat divinLorsque les guerres géopolitiques commencent à être interprétées comme l’accomplissement d’une prophétie, la stratégie cède la place à la théologie et la diplomatie devient presque impossible. L’affrontement en cours, qui oppose d’un côté les États-Unis et Israël, et de l’autre la République islamique d’Iran et ses …

Trump en quête d’une «victoire fantôme» pour sauver Wall Street. L’Iran met en œuvre la «sécurité universelle ou la ruine universelle». Le Hezbollah terrorise les blindés avec des missiles «Almas-3». À l’aube du onzième jour, la «guerre des esprits et des ressources» atteint son paroxysme. Le président américain Donald Trump, …

Le 11 mars 1985, il y a 41 ans jour pour jour, a marqué un événement historique. À condition, bien sûr, que cette date soit un jour noir, non seulement pour notre patrie, mais, sans la moindre exagération, pour l’humanité entière. Ce jour-là, lors d’un plénum extraordinaire du Comité central …

In the murky world of blacklisted oil trading, few people have dominated as much behind-the-scenes power as Hossein Shamkhani, scion of Ali Shamkhani, a longtime senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Bloomberg Investigates has uncovered how Shamkhani, trading under pseudonyms like “H” and “Hector,” developed a massive …