UNT-krönika från början av april, om kriget i Libanon: www.unt.se/ledare/kroni...

Someone at the Tasnim News Agency has an image folder named “leaders_mocking”

Jag fortsätter min förvandling till Truth Social-livekommentator genom att radiorecensera Trumps senaste snilledrag, en amerikansk blockad av Hormuz i protest mot den iranska blockaden av Hormuz. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/expe...

I feel like if the White House staff had included a medieval magician trained to look for bad omens, U.S. strategy would have been different

Trump says the United States will now also blockade the Hormuz Strait. Next thing you know he’ll threaten to fund Hezbollah. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Vann Iran? Hur ska man förstå krigets utfall hittills? Godmorgon världen med Ginna Lindberg, Cecilia Uddén och mig: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/vann...

Useful collection of statistics and data on the Iran-Israel-USA war, by @manniefabian.bsky.social & @timesofisrael.com. www.timesofisrael.com/650-iranian-...

Syria has so far managed to stay out of the wars in Iran and Lebanon, but risks being overwhelmed by their humanitarian and economic fallout. Good by Haid Haid: www.arab-reform.net/publication/... @arabreforminit.bsky.social @haidhaid22.bsky.social

Michael Young on why, despite all, Lebanon isn’t likely to tumble into civil war. www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comm... @thenationalnews.com

Very good on Iran’s evolving view of the Hormuz Strait, by @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social. www.irananalytica.org/p/why-iran-w...

🙃 www.cbsnews.com/news/lebanon...

Well, I think we’re getting there? www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Interesting on the military, esp. naval, aspects of the conflict.

Om det allt blodigare kriget i Libanon och hur det kan knäcka vapenvilan mellan USA och Iran, med kommentarer från mig och Kassem Hamadé. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/vape... @kassemhamade.bsky.social

If the numbers keep sliding at this speed, relations are likely to turn real grim under the next U.S. president, whether that’s a Democrat, a Republican, or Trump on a third term.

It’s remarkable how rapidly Israel’s standing is collapsing in the United States. What was a bipartisan consensus a few years ago is a polarizing partisan issue now. Full pariah status looms, as 57% of Republicans below 50 years of age now say they dislike Israel. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Weird that having a set of negotiations in which there are no proper diplomats leads to a situation in which no one has a clue what's actually been agreed.

I suspected wrong! x.com/ElizLanders/...

Netanyahu: no truce in Lebanon Hezbollah: yes truce in Lebanon Up to Trump, then. I suspect he’ll soon issue a Truth Social fatwa mandating a ceasefire along current lines—i.e., without guarantees of Israeli retreat. It’s both the easiest option and useful in his Iran talks.

And here’s Iranian confirmation. x.com/araghchi/sta...

I would like to commend Pres. Trump for caving a full hour before the deadline expired, considering that it’s late at night east of the Atlantic, and for not wiping out any civilizations tonight. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Jan Hallenberg och jag fick komma till Aktuellt och prata om Irankriget, Trumps hot om att förgöra den iranska civilisationen och den tidsfrist som löper ut i natt. www.svtplay.se/video/jqPPNA...

If this war has taught us anything it’s that even the dumbest plans can sometimes go awry

from www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... by @danlamothe.bsky.social

…eller det här: • Effekter av en rysk-ukrainsk vapenvila på marinnärvaron i Svarta havet foi.se/rapporter/ra... …eller det här, för de riktiga Montreuxskallarna: • An Unconventional Canal: Will Turkey Rewrite the Rules for Black Sea Access? foi.se/rapportsamma...

Den som undrar vad det här med Montreuxkonventionen handlar om kan förslagsvis läsa mitt FOI-memo om saken: Montreuxkonventionen under Ukrainakriget FOI Memo 8429 (2024-01-25) foi.se/rapporter/ra...

My main problem with the fact that the Iran War has prompted global interest in pipeline construction through Syria is that a lot of very annoying 2011-era conspiracy theorists are likely to feel vindicated.

Regarding the Houthi missile strike on Israel, my suspicion is that it’s mostly intended to signal that they’re very serious about the three conditions listed by Yahia Sarea yesterday. Watch: youtu.be/tOsNgeKRKWo or read: almotamar.net/news/185118.... (Arabic). (1/5)

Rysslands Mellanösternpolitik är i spillror efter de senaste årens krig – och i Moskva lär man fråga sig om det var klokt att satsa så ensidigt på Iran. Får vi snart höra nya tongångar från Putin? Läs min senaste gästkolumn i DN: www.dn.se/ledare/aron-...

Meanwhile on the other app x.com/IraninSA/sta...

Thanassis Cambanis talks to Sajad Jiyad about how the Iran War messes up Iraq. Great deep dive into an important issue that isn’t getting much coverage in mainstream reporting. thecenturyfoundation.podbean.com/e/trump-open... @centuryintl.bsky.social @sajadjiyad.bsky.social @tcambanis.bsky.social

DN-texten utvecklar de idéer jag lade fram i en UI-rapport tidigare i år. Den kan läsas här: sceeus.se/en/publications/five-wars-and-a-funeral-how-the-conflicts-in-ukraine-palestine-lebanon-syria-and-iran-broke-russias-middle-east-policy/ @uisweden.bsky.social

Rysslands Mellanösternpolitik är i spillror efter de senaste årens krig – och i Moskva lär man fråga sig om det var klokt att satsa så ensidigt på Iran. Får vi snart höra nya tongångar från Putin? Läs min senaste gästkolumn i DN: www.dn.se/ledare/aron-...

Notera att även @foiresearch.bsky.social:s utmärkte @anhornedal.bsky.social bedriver drönarfolkbildning lite senare i sändningen!

Om de senaste turerna mellan USA och Iran, på Aktuellt med @uisweden.bsky.social:s Jan Hallenberg. www.svtplay.se/video/eZxxNo...

Absolutely not. If you are using AI to write you should 100% be ashamed. Shame is one of the last bulwarks against a total slop apocalypse. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

Yesterday morning I stepped outside on my balcony for coffee with my wife and our neighbor. The drone was as low as it has ever been. We saw it over our heads. Below, our alleyway had turned into a parking lot for displaced people’s cars. A school next door is hosting around 1500 people.

Radiopratade om den iransk-saudiska relationen, som för tillfället är lite ansträngd. Samuel Ciszuk förklarade effekterna på energimarknaden. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/tala...

Operation Yakety Sax

Syria announces that March 18 will be its official Revolution Day: sana.sy/en/presidenc... For years, celebrations were held on March 15, despite the fact that the Deraa uprising happened on March 18, 2011. Here’s my 2021 essay on how that came to be: tcf.org/content/comm...

Oh, to have lived to see a day when people nostalgically reminisce about Bush Jr’s handling of allies and the Iraq War. @stevenerlanger.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/w...

It looked a little haphazard at first, but this Israel-Lebanon 1980s reenactment is really coming together.

US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say – by Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily, and Feras Dalatey for @reuters.com. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

“Well, you read it in the Failing Tasnim News, that’s what some people call it now: ‘the Failing Tasnim News.’ That’s what I call it—but the Kamikaze Boats don’t exist. It’s AI, it’s a computer. And they don’t tell you that on Press TV, which, by the way, has very bad ratings.”

Chattade om Iran med SVT-läsarna. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

PJAK commander: You’re back? CIA agent: Yes. I want to talk to you about Hormuz.

Lots of great reporting on the Iran War all over the media, but I’m especially happy about having a @financialtimes.com subscription right now. So good, so many different angles.

”Whoa, Mr. Hezbollah was hit by a truck! He lost a leg and suffered a massive concussion!” ”Enough of your pro-vehicle narratives, that car took a massive beating! Look at the head-shaped dent in the front bumper.”