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Strategic angle: Also in this newsletter: Lebanon’s Minister of Culture Ghassan Salamé tells Europe Today that Israel's "creeping military action" in the country's south has become an "invasion."
Strategic angle: FRANCE 24 correspondent Renée Davis reports from Beirut on the ongoing conflict as Hezbollah resists Israeli advances.
Strategic angle: Zelenskyy met Gulf leaders to seek support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weighs diverting military resources to the Middle East.
Strategic angle: Tehran suggests system of charging fees and limiting passage to ‘non-hostile’ ships could endure beyond current war.
Strategic angle: Abu Dhabi is hardening its stance as it suffers from Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli war.
Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict has left the city in despair, with rescue workers facing deadly risks.
Strategic angle: The American president's disappointments and contradictory statements on the conflict in Iran obscure the key question of how to end the war, writes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.
Trump announced the U.S. would continue a pause on energy sites in Iran as key stock market indices fell and oil prices rose.
Strategic angle: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu share many objectives. However, their respective public opinions and electoral interests may ultimately highlight significant differences between the two leaders.
Strategic angle: FCC Chair Brendan Carr insists his remarks were misinterpreted and not aimed at punishing media coverage of the Iran war.
Strategic angle: Donald Trump delays possible attack on Iranian regime’s energy plants until April 6 after bruising day on Wall Street
Strategic angle: As G-Seven foreign ministers root for the offramp in the Iran war, François Picard’s panel weighs the damage done to the region, to the world economy and to transatlantic trust.
Strategic angle: US-Israeli assassinations have left a regime that looks more hawkish at home and abroad
Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict in Iran has contributed to a significant rise in mortgage rates.
Strategic angle: Foreign ministers from the G7 are attending a two-day meeting outside Paris to address differences with the US regarding the Middle East conflict.
Strategic angle: President Donald Trump urges Iran to make a deal to end US and Israeli bombing.
Strategic angle: The U.K. is predicted to be worse hit by the Iran war than its developed market counterparts, the OECD said in its interim economic outlook on Thursday.
Strategic angle: Iraq navigates a precarious balance between two powerful allies amid escalating conflict.
Strategic angle: Investment highlights resilience in UAE's market amid ongoing conflicts.
Strategic angle: Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse Thursday, with each side hardening its position over talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East war.