Murali Margassery

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Adept optimist, traveller, and hardcore lover of cinema. Malayali lives in Dubai. Founder of Mannira.in
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Fatima Ftouni, a Lebanese journalist at Al Maydeen News, was killed in an Israeli strike while she was covering the ongoing attacks on South Lebanon.

Reports suggest that at least 23 journalists have been killed since 2023 in Israeli strikes.

Badr Albusaidi, Oman’s Chief Diplomat, took a serious look at the US-Israel and Iran conflict, assessing the key takeaways and consequences for each party involved, as well as what the world must bear due to this crisis.

Mr. Albusaidi suggests options to resolve conflicts, and it appears to be the most important writing of our time.

Huge respect!

Read it here: https://archive.ph/2026.03.18-190547/https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/03/18/americas-friends-must-help-extricate-it-from-an-unlawful-war

“It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out the fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week,
sailors and military officials said,” The New York Times writes,

The US fought major wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and funded Ukraine, Israel, and other groups.

US taxpayers paid heavily, but many wars failed. The Iran war also seems costly and not strategically beneficial to the US, besides causing economic disaster for Europe and the Middle East, after two weeks.

Meanwhile, Russia and China focused on stability, with few conflicts and the development of stronger allies in the East.

How can the US remain a contender to them? #US #Iran #War

Italy is pulling out its troops from Erbil, Iraq, and has decided not to join the war with the US-Israel against Iran.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/us-israel-iran-war-news-2026/card/italy-is-pulling-its-troops-out-of-iraq-W3vFfQggk31RtnUcPR5u

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, National Security Official Ali Larijani, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi walk through the streets of Tehran, receiving a warm welcome from Iranians. These images offer a perspective on that country that would make the Western world deeply uncomfortable, not just in the days of war ahead, but also later.

#Iran #War

The strongest statement of the region, by far, is coming from Oman. Oman is the country that has mediated negotiations between the US and Iran “twice” to avoid the conflict.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-12-26

#War #Iran #US #Oman

According to the BBC, quoting Reuters news agency, “the IRGC would allow any country that expels US diplomats to have full authority to move their ships through the Straight of Hormuz.”

If it's Iran’s strategy, it will be extremely challenging for most countries, especially for the US.

#straitofhormuz #iran #us

USA, UK, and Australia have possessed Tomahawk; not even Israel.

The valid question:

Who struck the elementary school in Minab, Iran, leading to the death of 170+ female students?

The NYT analyzed the photos and confirmed that the fragments of missile, caused a deadly strike on Iran’s girls school, were consistent with a Tomahawk.

The Pentagon confirmed the use of Tomahawks in strikes on Iran, contradicting claims by Trump.

Numerous internet sources say that Tomahawk missiles are only used by the US, UK, and Australia, and it isn’t “very generic” as Trump said. Plus, there are no reports of UK and Australia were part of the mission.

#iran #minab #war #tomahawk