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Pakistani-Afghan War Takes Heavy Toll on Civilians  The New York Times

Don’t Count Launches: Misreading Iran’s Drone Capacity  War on the Rocks

The content of Sunday's ceremony proved more political than previous years

One person killed by missile attack on civilian car in Abu Dhabi One person was killed by a missile attack on a civilian car in the Al Bahyah area in Abu Dhabi, the UAE media office says.

A French jihadist presumed dead is to be tried in absentia Monday accused of "genocide" in the first such trial in France over Islamic State group crimes against the Yazidi minority in the Middle East. IS seized large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, declaring a so-called "caliphate" there.

A French jihadist went on trial on Monday in Paris on charges of genocide, the first case in France to tackle atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority during the years-long conflict waged by the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East. Sabri Essid is presumed to have been killed in 2018, but without proof of his death he is being tried in absentia in Paris on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and complicity in these crimes, committed between 2014 and 2016.

UK, Allies Refuse Trump Call to Send Warships as Strait of Hormuz Blocked  Kyiv Post

Tokyo's move comes as oil prices remain elevated amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

President announces Mamitiana Rajaonarison as prime minister after Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo was dismissed.

The Iran war is driving an oil shock — but not a broad supply chain crisis, Goldman Sachs says  Business Insider

Monday's attack marks the third such incident at Dubai airport

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - War in the Middle East is disrupting the flow of critical medicines to the Gulf, imperilling supply routes for cancer drugs and other treatments that require refrigeration and forcing companies to reroute flights and find overland access into the region, industry executives said. The conflict, sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran two weeks ago and broadened by Iranian strikes around the region, has knocked out key air transit hubs and closed shipping routes, snarling the movement of goods for many products from medicines to food and oil.

Oil prices climb despite Trump moves to temper market  Axios

Emirates airlines to ‘operate limited schedule’ after airport fuel tank fire Emirates airlines has announced it will “operate a limited schedule” after 10am (06:00 GMT) today. “Unfortunately, some flights from today’s schedule have been cancelled,” the Emirates update said. All flights to and from Dubai were suspended following a fire near Dubai International Airport early Monday.

FACTBOX-Reactions to Trump's call for help to secure Strait of Hormuz  Japan Wire by Kyodo News

SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Reuters) - A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team has withdrawn her claim for asylum in Australia, Australian media reported on Monday, and will be rejoining the rest of the squad in Malaysia. The latest withdrawal leaves only two people of the original six players and one support staff member who sought asylum in Australia last week fearing possible persecution if they returned home. Concerns over their safety came after the players failed to sing the national anthem at a women's Asian Cup match earlier this month.

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices soaring. The Gulf seized up with Iranian strikes. It’s one of those eras that feels bewildering, incomprehensible, out of control. But there is, at the heart of it, a simple logic: everything that is unfolding is a result of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians. As the conflagration spreads, the connection to Palestine becomes obscured. But it is clear how much of the stability of the Middle East was secured at the expense of the Palestinians. Look at the region before 7 October 2023. US policy on the Middle East focused on “integration’’: containment of Iran, signing up more Arab countries to normalise relations with Israel and the creation, therefore, of a bloc of economic and security interests under the US military umbrella. Continue reading...

Strait of Hormuz: Which Ships Can Sail?  Politics Today

Only two of seven members of Iranian delegation who initially accepted asylum offers now remain in Australia

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