Iraq has also threatened strikes on US bases if they get involved
Powder keg imminent
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Flying to Qatar on Sunday and have a bit over a week relaxing in Qatar and UAE so will be interesting to see if anything gets affected
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Is there an airspace issue with any countries these flew over? I know some countries wouldn’t be happy with missiles flying over them
Saudi Arabia and Jordan wouldn’t want Iran missiles in their Airspace I would have thought.
Jordan shot down some Iranian rockets
I don’t think it’s gonna matter much.
There’s a big split in the Muslim world. I’m out of my depth here, but my understanding is the Sunni Muslim countries are generally aligned against Iran.
None of those in the region want a war to be fought over their heads and seem to be intervening largely to make Iran’s attacks less effective and thus hopefully prevent collateral damage to their countries in a larger war.
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I’m sure they don’t want rockets flying over them, but they know the end game.
I know from our many visits to Qatar that the locals are absolutely terrified of Israel and whilst a lot of it may be bluff they firmly believe that Israel has the capacity to actually level the whole region if the end is upon them. The last thing anyone in the region or in fact the world needs is for escalate much more
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Current casualties:
1 Palestinian civilian killed by falling debris
5 Iranians dead and 12 wounded when a missile blew up on the launch pad.
Israeli Red Cross saying no injuries on the Israeli side.
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Footage of the launches in Iran filmed from the cockpit of a civilian airliner.
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Emirates still overflying Iran too
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amazing!
This is ■■■■■■■ madness. Humans, some of, are the worst.
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Iraq factions are also engaged, part of the so-called Axis of Resistance. The Islamic Resistance has been constantly involved in conflicts with US forces in Iraq, reaching to the US base in the West.
Just about everyone is involved in Syria
El Pais has a series of informative apolitical articles on the conflicts in the region and Sudan
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US and Israeli interceptions in space led to a very pretty and expensive light show.
https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/1841346681918406942?s=46
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Space Lasers /s
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The Palestinian was from Gaza and was killed in Jericho when the debris fell directly on him. There is video online if you are so inclined.
1 other casualty was a Jordanian man killed in Jordan when one of the missiles stuck his house.
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85% of flights through Dubai are currently delayed. Going to be messy for a few days
Shia militia groups in Iraq, not Iraq. Very different FYI.