Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep, where we’re taking a sip of coffee every time we write the phrase “escalating tensions.”
Since you last heard from us, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon; Israel launched a “limited” incursion into the country’s south; Iran fired a volley of some 200 missiles at Israel; and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken published an essay touting the Biden administration’s diplomatic achievements.
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep, where we’re taking a sip of coffee every time we write the phrase “escalating tensions.”
Since you last heard from us, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon; Israel launched a “limited” incursion into the country’s south; Iran fired a volley of some 200 missiles at Israel; and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken published an essay touting the Biden administration’s diplomatic achievements.
Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: A roundup of our best reads on the Middle East, the strategic stronghold of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine falls to Russia, and Australia and New Zealand trade military commanders.
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As we recover from our week at the U.N. General Assembly and work to keep atop the deluge of news from the Middle East, we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming for the next two weeks.
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