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It’s called the Dahiya doctrine – and the IDF and US air force are using it to destroy domestic support in Iran Paul Rogers is emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford University and author of Losing Control: International Security in the 21st Century Given the wall-to-wall coverage of the US and its war on Iran, it looks very much like Trump is the key player. He is not. The United States may have far more military power than Israel, but the key player is Benjamin Netanyahu. Moreover, the Israeli prime minister has fallen into a trap of his own making, and is dragging Trump and the US military into that same trap. For Israel, and indirectly for the US, the war has to end in total victory. Anything less is pointless. Paul Rogers is emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford University and author of Losing Control: International Security in the 21st Century Continue reading...

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The Middle East crisis has led to a number of sporting events being cancelled or postponed

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Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis. At the Islam Qala crossing point in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Talibshah, who did not to give his family name, said he had been working in agriculture northwest of Tehran. He was cheated by money changers at the border and was trying to figure out how to get back to Sar-e-Pol province in the north, hundreds of kilometres away on difficult, mountainous roads.

At Least Three Ships Struck By Projectiles Near Strait Of Hormuz, UK Says  Forbes

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Frustrated players say they were left in the dark for days over their travel while England flew out within two days.

Strait of Hormuz: UN Security Council go vote on US-Iran war as US hit minesweepers near Strait of Hormuz  BBC

A statue was placed in Washington DC depicting US President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Iran latest: Cargo ships hit in Strait of Hormuz  The Times

Two ships struck by projectiles near UAE and Strait of Hormuz amid Gulf tensions  سانا

At least seven injured in the northeastern city of Kharkiv after a drone hit a 'civilian enterprise', officials say.

BUCHAREST, March 11 (Reuters) - Romanian President Nicusor Dan has convened the EU and NATO nation's top defence council on Wednesday to discuss whether to allow U.S. aircraft access to its military bases for support linked to its Tehran operations, political sources said. The council will meet for the first time this year to discuss the security fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, its impact on Romania's energy market and "the temporary deployment of military capability on Romanian territory."

Trump Directs War With the Markets Top of Mind  The New York Times

New attacks hit three commercial ships in the Gulf on Wednesday, with one of the vessels in flames as Iran pressed its campaign against its oil-exporting neighbours, threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and plunging the global energy economy into crisis. Oil prices surged higher by more that five percent in early trading and markets have see-sawed since the end of last month, when the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killed its supreme leader and plunged the Middle East into war.

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Maga world figures throw weight behind Maryam Rajavi, MEK’s leader, and Reza Pahlavi, the son of last Shah of Iran As a US battle group steamed to the Gulf in November 2002, competing Iraqi exiles, some championed by American insiders, jockeyed for position in the hopes of taking charge once George W Bush toppled Saddam Hussein. Bloomberg dubbed them “Iraq’s unruly opposition”. The most notorious Iraqi exile, failed former banker Ahmad Chalabi, boasted to his neoconservative allies that his return to Baghdad would be welcomed by cheering throngs. Among his competition was a former doctor named Ayad Allawi, who was backed by Britain’s MI6 and the Central Intelligence Agency in his bid for support to rule Iraq. Continue reading...

Cruise missiles were seen launching into the sky as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw naval tests.