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Goldman executive says private markets clients ‘glad’ for Iran war ‘distraction’  Financial Times

The White House has said the Iran conflict will ‘lower gas prices in the long term’

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Amid fears the conflict will strengthen Russia, Ursula von der Leyen’s embrace of US-backed regime change already looks like a doomed strategy • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The message from Ursula von der Leyen was blunt. “Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old-world order” and needs a “more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy”. In a major foreign policy speech this week, the European Commission president said the EU would always “defend and uphold the rules-based system” but in a precarious and chaotic world, that could no longer be relied upon. On the day she spoke, missiles were raining down on Tehran and southern Iran as the war entered its 10th day, proving her point. Reverberating around Europe, the Middle East conflict has triggered a range of responses. France is sending a dozen naval vessels to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. EU officials convened an ad-hoc summit with Middle Eastern leaders in a show of solidarity with the region. EU humanitarian aid for Lebanon is being dispatched to help 130,000 people, after at least half a million were displaced by Israeli bombs and evacuation orders. Continue reading...

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Opinion | You bet this is a war of choice. Just not America’s.  The Washington Post

Joe Rogan Says Trump’s Supporters Feel ‘Betrayed’ by Iran War  The New York Times

US military warns civilians to avoid ports where Iranian navy is operating The US military has warned civilians to avoid port facilities where Iranian naval forces are operating, saying it cannot guarantee their safety near Iranian military vessels. The warning was issued by US Central Command (Centcom) in an official statement on Wednesday. “Iranian dockworkers, administrative personnel, and commercial vessel crews should avoid Iranian naval vessels and military equipment,” Centcom said. The statement comes as the US continues strikes against Iranian naval assets. According to Centcom, US forces have sunk or destroyed around 60 Iranian vessels since the start of the campaign.

Iraq PM tells Iranian president attacks on Iraqi territory ‘unacceptable’ Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that attacks targeting Iraqi territory are unacceptable, according to an official statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office. During the conversation on Wednesday, Sudani stressed that such strikes undermine efforts to de-escalate tensions and return to dialogue amid the regional conflict triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

U.S. Inflation Stayed Subdued Before Onset of Iran War  The New York Times

Four of Iran's 29 world heritage sites have been affected since the US-Israeli strikes began

Besides his father, the initial U.S.-Israeli airstrikes killed Khamenei's mother, sister and wife

Russia giving Iran 'specific advice on drone tactics', CNN reports Russia is providing Iran with advanced drone warfare tactics developed during its war in Ukraine, according to a Western intelligence official cited by CNN. The assistance reportedly includes guidance on how to deploy Iranian-designed Shahed drones, which Russia has mass-produced and used extensively in Ukraine, to strike US and Gulf targets in the Middle East. The official said Moscow’s support appears to have evolved from general intelligence sharing to more specific operational advice on drone targeting strategies. According to CNN, the tactics may involve coordinated waves of drones and changing flight paths designed to evade air defences, methods Russia has used repeatedly in Ukraine. The intelligence official also raised concerns about broader Iranian threats in the Gulf, including the potential use of mines in the Strait of Hormuz and maritime drone or small-boat attacks against US naval forces, CNN reported.

Yet the fallout from the Iran war could push Gulf rivals to cooperate, opening space for diplomacy on Sudan.

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Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel's war, the UN says.

Iran Health Official Warns WHO of Rising Civilian Casualties  IranWire

By Michaela Cabrera PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - UNESCO said it is deeply concerned about the fate of world heritage sites in Iran and across the region, after Tehran's Golestan palace, often compared to Versailles, and a historic mosque and palace in Isfahan were damaged in the war. The United Nations' cultural agency on Wednesday urged all parties to protect the region's outstanding cultural sites, saying four of Iran's 29 world heritage sites had been damaged since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran.

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Israel to build base in Somaliland to target Houthis, says report MEE staff on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 13:03 Somaliland will allow Israel to gather intelligence and conduct operations against Yemeni group, sources tell Bloomberg The flags of Israel and Somaliland at the entrance to a fruit farm between the capital city of Hargeisa and port city of Berbera, 19 February 2026 (AFP/Tony Karumba) Off Israel is exploring building a base in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland from which it can target Yemen’s Houthis, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday.  In December, Israel became the first country to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state. Somaliland will allow Israel to gather intelligence on and conduct operations against the Houthis, two Somaliland officials speaking on condition of anonymity told Bloomberg.  Israel has laid the groundwork for a possible base in the region: in June, a group of Israeli security officials visited the Somaliland coastline, people familiar with the matter said.  There they surveyed the beaches, in search of a potential site for a base or installation to fight the Houthi movement, which is officially known as Ansar Allah. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The site would be around 260km from Yemen, across the Gulf of Aden.  Israel also rented rooms fitted with blast-proof windows on the top floor of a hotel in Hargeisa, people familiar with the matter said, as it scouted a location for an embassy. “In terms of security, we will have a strategic relationship and that encompasses a lot of things,” Khadar Hussein Abdi, Somaliland’s minister of the presidency, told Bloomberg.  “We haven’t discussed with them if it becomes a military base, but definitely there will be an analysis at some point.” Shortly after Israeli recognition of the breakaway region was confirmed on 26 December, Somaliland officials travelled to Israel to deepen security ties, sources told Bloomberg.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); One of Israel's 'greatest threats' The Houthi movement, a close ally of Iran, has yet to weigh in since the US and Israel attacked Iran over a week ago. Iran has retaliated to the war by attacking Israel as well as targets in countries all over the region.  Why Yemen’s Houthis are hesitating to join Iran war, for now Read More » During Israel’s war on Gaza, the Houthis launched missile and drone strikes on international shipping in the Red Sea as well as on Israel, in an act of solidarity with Palestinians.  An Israeli general told Bloomberg that a special intelligence unit was set up on the Houthis, who the general said had hundreds of rockets that could reach Israel.  While Israel had been discussing Somaliland recognition for years, the deal was sealed in December because of Israeli intelligence officers viewing the Houthis as one of Israel’s greatest threats, regional diplomats and a senior Israeli military official told Bloomberg. As a result of the Red Sea attacks, maritime traffic via the Gulf of Aden dropped 70 percent in two years. As for the attacks on Israel, strikes in September 2025 briefly halted traffic at Ramon Airport in southern Israel, while another broke Israeli air defences and struck a hotel in the resort city of Eilat.  Somaliland ties with UAE Somaliland has been part of the unified Somali Republic since 1960, but declared its independence in 1991 and established a de facto state.  Although it has had unofficial diplomatic relations with several countries, its sovereignty had not been recognised by any permanent UN member state until Israel did so in December. In August, Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, wrote to President Donald Trump urging him to formally recognise Somaliland.  Former Somaliland president demands agreement with Israel be made public Read More » Cruz said Hargeisa was seeking to strengthen ties with Israel and had voiced support for the Abraham Accords. One of the locations under consideration for an Israeli base or installation is an area of high terrain about 100km west of the port city of Berbera, sources told Bloomberg. The city is where the UAE, a close ally of Somaliland, has a military airstrip and a harbour run by its logistics company DP World.  MEE reported in October that Somaliland's Berbera port was part of a network of bases along the Gulf of Aden built by the UAE.  The Somaliland government accepted an Emirati bid in 2017 to establish a military base in Berbera. Satellite imagery shows the naval base in Berbera has been transformed from a stalled project into a near-completed facility, with advanced infrastructure including a modern military port, a deep-water dock and an airstrip with hangars and support facilities. The runway at Berbera is 4km long, allowing it to receive heavy transport aircraft and fighter jets. In January, Somalia cut all commercial and security ties with the UAE, citing DP World’s ports in Berbera and Bosaso, the latter of which is in Puntland, another semi-autonomous region of Somalia.  The administrations in Somaliland and Puntland both rejected Somalia’s announcement.  Diplomacy News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0