America and Iran are now just as much a part of the decadeslong conflict as Arab states. Is it time to start referring to the ‘MENA-ISRAME’ conflict?
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Escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is partly the result of an unsuccessful, decade-long plan to ‘contain and deter’ the Iranian regime.
With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
At one of the world’s largest arms fairs, missiles are treated as commodities and warring regimes as clients.
Esmail Ghaani took control of the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the killing of predecessor Qassem Soleimani.
The UK government needs to define its goals and the scope of its involvement in a campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Iran funds a large network of armed groups across the Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US as regional power.
The airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen has been justified by the US and UK as being in ‘self defence’.
The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.
Iran prefers to engage Israel through its proxies, but the risk of escalation makes this a dangerous strategy.
The US and UK strikes on the Houthis will have limited impact on the group’s Red Sea attacks – and could cause Middle East tensions to spiral out of control.
Since the outset of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the West has aimed to prevent the conflict from escalating regionally. But strikes on the Houthis in Yemen by the U.S. and the U.K. may ensure it will.
The Houthis have found legitimacy through their actions, which will make them even harder to dislodge from power.
Iran’s role in the recent conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah shows how badly western containment policy has failed.
One of the biggest consequences of insecurity in the Red Sea is a significant increase in the cost of global trade.
The raid follows warnings from Washington to cease attacks in the Red Sea − but it could serve to strengthen rebels and reignite civil war.
The Houthis have taken over much of northern Yemen, since they stormed the capital, Sanaa in 2014.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have the power to significantly destabilise global trade by endangering maritime activity in the Red Sea.
A US-led naval taskforce has deployed in the Red Sea and is considering strikes on rebel positions in Yemen.
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