Belated thank you to the @FT for putting “Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria” on the list of best 12 books “shedding light on the conflict in #Syria & its place in the wider power struggles across the Middle East”

Day after in #Iran via @BBCParham.

This ⁦@yarbatman⁩ quote is from a story I wrote last week, very relevant now:.“If the fighting stops, Gulf states will be even more instrumental. A lot of trust will need to be rebuilt & Iran will need to save face and the Gulf can help with that”

Wary of assassination, Iran’s supreme leader mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications to make it harder to find him, reports ⁦⁦@farnazfassihi⁩.via @NYTimes.

RT @samdagher: Full Story: Gulf states spent years working toward a detente with Iran, their historical enemy. Now they’re contemplating a….

RT @samdagher: NEW: Gulf Arab states, especially #SaudiArabia, have been telling #Iran for months that #Israel is plotting to attack it, an….

Full Story: Gulf states spent years working toward a detente with Iran, their historical enemy. Now they’re contemplating a potential conflict that could jeopardize their oil infrastructure, hamper their ambitious economic plans & destabilize the region

NEW: Gulf Arab states, especially #SaudiArabia, have been telling #Iran for months that #Israel is plotting to attack it, and that Tehran should cut a nuclear deal with President Donald #Trump fast. This warning was repeated again at a meeting in #Norway between Saudi FM Prince.

UN Says It Has Lost Track of #Iran’s Near-Bomb-Grade Uranium

In #Gaza: “Israeli soldiers killed 59 Palestinians who had gathered in hope of receiving aid at two locations, according to local health ministry, in latest in string of shootings of people seeking food amid starvation conditions” reports ⁦@hebamks⁩.

Iranian state TV anchor becomes a symbol of resistance writes Bita Ghaffari from Tehran .

RT @mashabani: Iran has long wanted to be the Japan of the Middle East. Instead, current trajectory suggests that it's moving towards the "….

President Trump has decided not to sign onto a statement calling for de-escalation between #Iran and #Israel that is being prepared by the Group of 7 industrialized nations, according to a White House official.via @NYTimes.

RT @manniefabian: The Israeli Air Force has bombed the offices of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran a short while ago. Footage shows….

RT @samdagher: Israel’s Big Gamble to Knock Out #Iran: We are at a moment potentially akin to 1979 and much depends on how far the central….

RT @samdagher: Must read: #Iran’s Leaders Face a Reckoning as Israeli Strikes Intensify, Big Take by ⁦@golnarM⁩ & ⁦@DEsfandiary⁩ https://t….

Must read: #Iran’s Leaders Face a Reckoning as Israeli Strikes Intensify, Big Take by ⁦@golnarM⁩ & ⁦@DEsfandiary⁩

Israel’s Big Gamble to Knock Out #Iran: We are at a moment potentially akin to 1979 and much depends on how far the central players, Khamenei & Netanyahu (Trump behind him), are willing to go

RT @IrnaEnglish: Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces is assassinated in Israeli strike. https://t….

Dubai airport this morning: Basra, Tehran and Tel Aviv cancelled and Beirut delayed #Israel #Iran #UAE

HQ for #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was among targets struck by #Israel and several commanders killed, @AJArabic reporting citing Iranian sources who spoke to its correspondent in #Tehran.