Another Day Another Strike. #IRAN
• Fresh strikes: US Central Command confirmed that Iran fired a ballistic missile toward Kuwait overnight, which was intercepted. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier said it launched an attack targeting an American air base, claiming it was the source of US strikes. According to a US official, those strikes targeted Iranian drones and a launch site around the Strait of Hormuz.
• In Lebanon: Israel targeted a commander in the missile unit of Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to an Israeli source, in the first strike in Beirut in weeks. Dozens of people were killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, and Israel’s military has issued fresh evacuation warnings for more cities in southern Lebanon.
• War talks: US President Donald Trump said he won’t be rushed into a deal, warning that Iran’s efforts to outlast him won’t work because he doesn’t “care about the midterms.”
CNN.com
The Iranian regime is far more equipped and able to hand the American bombardment than some in the Administration thought. There is no good way out of this conundrum with the World’s economy hanging in the balance. The Strait of Hormuz is particularly important as never before with Iran cutting off traffic thought the narrow passage. Oil continues to be of the upmost importance and more importantly the free flow of oil.
