Middle East Observer

🇮🇷🇾🇪 Senior Houthi official warns attacks are "coming soon" and tells Arab states not to intercept missiles from Iran and its allies. The Houthis just announced themselves as the next front in this war. As if nine countries weren't enough, Iran's Yemeni proxy is about to make it ten... Source: AJA

⚡️🚨Hezbollah announces the launch of 'Al-Asf Al-Ma'kul' ("The Eaten Straw") Operations Quranic verse (Surah Al-Fil / The Elephant, 105:3–5): "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" "And He sent against them birds in flocks, striking them with stones of hard clay, and He made them like eaten straw." God Almighty has spoken the truth. "The Islamic Resistance announces the launch of 'Al-Asf Al-Ma'kul' Operations" (literally: "The Eaten Straw/Chaff Operations" — a direct reference to the Quranic verse above) The operation name is taken directly from the Quranic verse quoted, which describes the destruction of Abraha's army. The name carries an implicit threat of annihilation. Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 / 21st of Ramadan, 1447 AH

American Professor Jeffrey Sachs: “Every country that condemned Iran after an Israeli-U.S. aggression hosts an American military base on its soil. They are not sovereign countries. They dare not speak. They host the U.S. military. They host the CIA. They watch their backs.”

Up to the South, Jayce Salloum and Walid Raad, 1993 (Credit: IG @/lolamaupas)

With Ali Larijani I had very long philosophical conversation but not about Kant. About Sohravardi and his theory of Tenth Intellect, about Malakut and about Purple Archangel. Translator was exhausted finding the adequate words with great difficulty. Larijani was wise and deep.