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The Lebanese terrorist organization is being forced to choose between facing Israel alone and giving up its objectives. Distrust of the US administration is deepening in the Gulf. Still, two countries emerged as winners.
A source from western Syria tells Israel Hayom that al-Sharaa's men – many of them mercenaries – are selling weapons to Hezbollah on the black market, while the government plays both sides.
The CMA CGM Kribi sailed close to the Iranian coastline and broadcast its French ownership throughout the crossing; in Tehran, an informal transit-approval system appears to be emerging.
Amid the US and Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, 35 countries are convening for an emergency summit aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the Gulf. Washington is not taking part in the meeting, while European countries are preparing for the possibility of using military force.
Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Gulf states to advance massive plans for alternative oil and gas export pipelines, the Financial Times reported. Despite costs running into the tens of billions of dollars and major security hurdles, Middle East officials believe this is the best path under current conditions.
Although Tehran officially maintains that it is not interested in nuclear weapons, the regime is holding an intense internal debate over whether to pursue an atomic bomb. A senior Iranian commentator said: “We must work to build nuclear weapons. Either we build them ourselves, or we buy them.”
A senior IRGC official said on state television that children as young as 12 are now being enrolled for checkpoint duty and logistics – a sign of deepening desperation as the force struggles to find adult volunteers.
Lebanon's expulsion of Tehran's envoy marks a dramatic break, driven by Iranian interference and the shadow of Hezbollah's war.
After repeatedly condemning the US-Israeli war against Iran, propaganda outlets in Tehran have issued a public thank you to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. After calling the war in Gaza a “genocide,” Sánchez is stepping up his solidarity with the axis of evil.
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public and did not deliver a Nowruz address for the Iranian New Year, and the rumor mill is in full swing. “This is more than strange,” a senior US official told Axios. “We have no proof he is holding the reins.” An Israeli official added: “We have no evidence he is the one giving orders.”
