Alexander Clarkson
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Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @aphclarkson.bsky.social
Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war reut.rs/4sODnPY reut.rs/4sODnPY
#Syria: the second Hijri's fighter killed last night during a failed infiltration attempt on the SW. #Suwayda front. It appears the move was coordinated to facilitate a drug smuggling attempt. According to Druze sources, 4 other men from Suwayda province, believed to be smugglers, were also captured by Security forces.
#Syria: Hijri's fighter killed last night while trying to infiltrate the SW. #Suwayda front was a former Assad's Military Security element.
🇰🇼 For the second consecutive night #Kuwait's 346k b/d Mina al-Ahmadi refinery came under attack. Drone attack on Thursday struck one unit, causing a fire, which was contained. Attack on Friday caused a fire at "several units." Rapid response teams at the site. #oott
In general, Dubai has been the go to hub for any kind of organized criminal activity, jihadists, mafias, cartels, Russians and Iran gladly used to exploit, circumventing sanctions in the case of the latter two. No way that UAE will allow the same rule for much longee for Tehran.
Pretty terrifying chart. '“Many AI projects are now constrained not by chip supply but by…whether enough reliable electricity can reach the building,” says one person at a semiconductor firm.' economist.com/china/2026/03/…
Postimees: “Narva People’s Republic” movement lacks any real structurePostimees reports that the so-called “Narva People’s Republic” movement has no actual organizational substance.
I agree - analytically speaking.
The administration now faces a stark choice—one it can no longer avoid. A. Use force to reopen the strait, knowing full well that any strike on Iran’s energy infrastructure will trigger retaliation. This is not a limited operation. It’s escalation—potentially rapid, and potentially uncontrollable. There are no half-measures here: if Washington wants the strait open, it will have to fight for it. B. Accept reality, cut losses, and pursue a deal with Tehran over the terms of access. Politically unpalatable? Absolutely. But when global oil flows and the stability of Asian markets are at stake, strategic necessity tends to override rhetoric. What last night made unmistakably clear is this: there is no clean solution. No surgical fix. No easy win. The longer the administration pretends otherwise, the higher the cost will be #IranWar
Breaking from @halbritz @OrenCNN : A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the fifth-generation stealth jet was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was forced to make an emergency landing. Hawkins said the aircraft landed safely, and the incident is under investigation “The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” Hawkins added. The incident would be the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft in the war started in late February. Both the US and Israel are flying F-35s in the conflict; the aircraft costs upwards of $100 million.
