Lebanon now is the main theatre, and the game that Israel is playing there is incredibly risky for Netanyahu and Trump.
And that flag is already the shroud soaked in the blood of new martyrs.
The crisis in central Europe and the Balkans looks to intensify, and sufficient attention needs to turn to this.
Iran has claimed to have downed two helicopters as well as an F-15, and also denies claims that a second airman is with them – and not rescued by the U.S.
More than a month has already passed since the start of the Third Gulf War. The time has come to make some calculations and projections.
The most likely outcome remains the failure of the amphibious operation and the waste of American lives.
The short answer is ‘no’, Alastair Crooke writes.
What remains of the U.S. presence in Iraq had already been targeted by the PMF, writes Eduardo Vasco.
