News

Pimco Commodity Fund Slumps 17% in March as Iran War Upends Oil  Bloomberg.com

Spain permanently pulls ambassador from Israel amid Iran war  Fox News

"Told To Carry Passports To Bomb Shelters": Indian In Israel Amid Iran War  NDTV

Mike Pompeo on Iranian commander's threats and the Strait of Hormuz  Fox News

Israeli strike in Tebnine brings Lebanon death toll to 634 Lebanon’s Health Emergency Operations Center said an Israeli strike on the town of Tebnine in the Bint Jbeil district killed at least eight people. The centre said the figure was preliminary. The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has now risen to 634, the country’s disaster risk management unit said.

Chubb to serve as lead US insurer for Gulf shipping amid Iran war  Reuters

Report: "Serious" risk of oil spill in Strait of Hormuz  CNN

Where to Stream FRONTLINE’s Documentary on the Road to War With Iran  PBS

US military warns civilians to avoid ports used by Iran along Strait of Hormuz  The Hill

Why hasn’t the US learned the lessons of two Gulf wars? Plus Iran’s supreme statement of defiance Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address When news breaks that dominates the agenda to the extent of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, one challenge for the Guardian Weekly team is how to keep the magazine’s covers feeling fresh, week after week, while remaining focused on the same story. For this week’s edition, in response to Patrick Wintour’s must-read essay on how the US has ignored the lessons of two previous Gulf wars, we asked illustrator Doug Chayka to play with the idea of a Middle East that the US either cannot, or refuses to, see. Doug’s artwork neatly captures the dilemma of a Trump administration that now finds its Iran exit strategy – assuming there was one – cut off by chaos. Continue reading...

Iran Conflict And The Strait of Hormuz: Impacts On Oil, Gas, And Other Commodities – Analysis  Eurasia Review

After narrowly escaping death in her border village, Myriam Nohra is among the people in south Lebanon imploring the army for protection from the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In Christian-majority Qlayaa, which overlooks a vast green plain separating Lebanon and Israel, hundreds of people buried their parish priest Father Pierre Rai on Wednesday, two days after he was killed by Israeli shelling while inspecting the site of an attack.

Campaigners fear Iranian authorities are intent on launching a new crackdown on opponents even under wartime conditions, after the police chief threatened to shoot protesters and treat them as enemies. The war between the Islamic republic and the United States and Israel erupted just weeks after unprecedented protests against the clerical establishment peaked in January. But rights groups say those demonstrations were put down in a crackdown that left thousands of people dead and tens of thousands arrested.

submitted by /u/SaveDnet-FRed0 to r/worldnews [link] [comments]

Dan Johnson hears from Iranians at a crossing in north-west Iran about their thoughts on the war and regime.

Trump Team Scrambling To Get Facts Straight Over War With Iran, Strait Of Hormuz  The Hill

What the Strait of Hormuz Now Looks Like From Space  WSJ

Red Cross mourns Lebanese medic killed in Israeli strike The International Committee of the Red Cross said it is mourning a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer killed while carrying out a rescue mission in the southern city of Tyre. It identified the medic as Youssef Assaf and offered condolences to his family, Lebanon’s health ministry earlier confirmed.  “It is deeply alarming that first responders in Lebanon continue to risk their lives while carrying out a humanitarian mission,” the group said in a statement. Assaf was killed after an Israeli air attack struck his ambulance while he and a colleague were heading to assist wounded civilians, the Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed earlier.

Iran Turns Up The Heat Around The Strait Of Hormuz  The War Zone