The attack took place in broad daylight on a secondary road in the Jezzine district, southern Lebanon. A moving vehicle, identified as press, received a first impact, and minutes later, a second in the same area. Inside were three journalists: Ali Shuaib, correspondent for Al-Manar; Fatima Ftouni, reporter for Al-Mayadeen; and her brother, cameraman Mohammad Ftouni. All three died instantly, and the images broadcast show the vehicle reduced to rubble on the asphalt, in a section where there were no visible combat at the time.

The wars in the Middle East never end: they morph into new conflicts. Every time the United States, Israel, or any Arab country launches a military campaign, instigates a coup, or finances a guerrilla movement supposedly aligned with its interests, it plants the seeds of a future crisis.

The world depends on oil supplies from the Middle East, and now all eyes are on how The US and Israeli war against Iran drives up the price of Brent crude. and anticipates a global energy crisis. But there is another critical resource for sustaining life, very scarce in the region and infinitely more vulnerable: water. The countries of this desert region have responded to the lack of water by building desalination plants that make seawater drinkable. But this technological marvel has also become a strategic vulnerability: in these three weeks of war, there have already been attacks against these plants or very close to them. If they become targets, the impact would be devastating, since there are no alternative sources of supply.

The Spanish government is preparing a shock plan for this Friday, for which the Council of Ministers will meet extraordinarily, to deal with the consequences of the Iran war. However, this Tuesday the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, and the Minister of Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, have advanced decisions in different directions: containment of the price of electricity, mitigation of the rise in fuel and fertilizers for the most exposed sectors and a social shield to protect the most vulnerable, despite the fact that sources from the Spanish government downplay the possibility that the suspension of evictions or the automatic extension of rental contracts as claimed by Sumar will be included. At the same time, to try to stop the increase in fuel prices, 11.5 million barrels of oil will be released from Spanish reserves in coordination with the International Energy Agency with the aim of containing the price.

The Spanish government is preparing a contingency plan for this Friday, when the Council of Ministers will meet in an extraordinary session, to address the consequences of the Iran-Contra affair. However, this Tuesday, the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, and the Minister for Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, announced several measures: containing electricity prices, mitigating the rise in fuel and fertilizer costs for the most vulnerable sectors, and establishing a social safety net to protect the most vulnerable. Despite this, sources within the Spanish government downplay the possibility of including a suspension of evictions or the automatic extension of rental contracts, as demanded by the Sumar coalition. Their priority, in fact, is to have the decree law ratified by Congress this Thursday: any inclusion of housing measures would likely provoke a clash between the partners in the multinational majority, preventing its approval.

The radars of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion, based in Fort Greely (Alaska)They detect the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) heading toward some point in the United States. They can't identify its launch point, but they know that in just over eighteen minutes, unless it's an error in the tracking satellites, it will impact its predetermined target. The military chain of command is activated, preparing to intercept it. The political structure is also set in motion to decide, ultimately by the president, whether to counterattack—against whom, but?—which could trigger a global nuclear war. This is the beginning of the gripping Netflix hit that premiered last October. In House of DynamiteFrom Kathryn Bigelow's film. In the movie, the chances of intercepting an ICBM in flight, traveling at a speed of six kilometers per second, are 61%. Do they manage to intercept the missile? No need to spoil it.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu go launch a large-scale war against Iran a week ago, with unpredictable consequences. We have included key data about the Persian country in some charts, which explain its regional and global importance.

The speed at which issues burn through the political spectrum within Madrid's M-30 ring road is dizzying, and each political group's ability to control the agenda is key to gaining an advantage over its rivals. This is the Spanish government's main battle, launching proposals every week to showcase its achievements—such as the declassification of documents related to the 23-F coup attempt—while the People's Party (PP) and Vox are working hard to bring the alleged corruption cases affecting the Socialist Party (PSOE) to the forefront. But some events transcend domestic politics, and positioning oneself well on the political chessboard depends on the players' skill. This is what happened last Saturday when the US and Israeli attack on Iran once again shook the world. Since then, the war has become the main political issue in Spain, with President Pedro Sánchez taking up the "No to War" banner in line with public opinion—at least according to the polls.

Robert Fisk (1946-2020) was, for three decades, the most influential, well-informed, and criticized foreign correspondent in the Middle East. He covered every war in a region perpetually at war. In 2005 he published The great war for civilizationThese voluminous memoirs (1,511 pages in the Spanish edition) contained, in their penultimate paragraph, a melancholic phrase: "In the Middle East, people relive their past history over and over again, every day."

As expected, the Iranian regime has responded to the US and Israeli offensive against its territory by attempting to prolong the conflict as much as possible, turning it into a regional war. From day one, Tehran attacked the Persian Gulf countries where US bases are located (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman), and this Monday, Hezbollah, Iran's allied militia in Lebanon, joined the fray, launching missiles at Israel. The conflict has even reached EU territory, as an Iranian drone struck a British base in Cyprus.

The threat of war in Iran has not disappeared, despite the seemingly reassuring messages Sent on Thursday from Geneva, where the United States and Iran held a third round of indirect negotiations to try to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. Hours later, the US embassy in Israel authorized the departure of non-essential personnel, citing "security risks," and sent an email warning them that if they wished to leave, "they should do so today." In addition, the United Kingdom evacuated all staff from its embassy in Tehran, and China also called on its citizens to leave Iran.

Almost four months after the ceasefireThe landscape of the Gaza Strip remains one of almost complete destruction from north to south and east to west. Despite daily promises of reconstruction, the reality on the ground is quite different, and so far no one has lifted a finger to provide stable housing for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have lost everything.

The Protests rocking Iran And international pressure on the ayatollahs' regime has opened up a hypothesis that until recently seemed remote: the end of the Islamic Republic that emerged in 1979. This possibility not only redefines Iran's internal balance but also forces regional actors to anticipate a scenario without one of the pillars that has structured the Gold Policy. More than an expectation of immediate change, the region faces the prospect of an uncertain transition, whose consequences extend far beyond the country's borders.

Iran has faced this Friday The fourteenth consecutive day of protests in a context of an almost total internet and mobile phone blackoutwhich has become the regime's main instrument for containing a mobilization that, despite repression, shows no signs of waning. Informationally isolated from the outside world, the country is experiencing one of the most tense phases of social unrest in recent years.

A few days ago, Israel's Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, appeared in Parliament wearing a gold gallows pin on his lapel. He was appearing before the committee debating his proposed law to implement the death penalty for Palestinians. The law, which still needs to pass two votes in the Knesset, It proposes condemning to death Palestinians who kill an Israeli for a "nationalist" motivation.And it does not contemplate the same punishment if an Israeli kills a Palestinian under the same circumstances. Ben-Gvir clarified in the session that hanging "is only one of the options," among others such as "the electric chair or lethal injection."

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the southern suburbs of Damascus remain trapped in a suspended time. In neighborhoods like Hajar al-Aswad, Yarmouk, and the Tishreen Street axis, the war no longer dictates daily life, but its mark continues to determine who can return, how, and under what conditions. The violence has stopped, but normality has not.

According to data released by the UN, in the last two months Israel violated the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip more than 350 times, causing the deaths of more than 121 Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians. This data gives a clear picture of the fragility of the ceasefire that President Donald Trump negotiated with Israel and Hamasand announced in October.

Israel could open the Rafah crossing, which links Gaza to Egypt, in the coming days, allowing authorized Palestinian citizens to leave the enclave. The departures would be "facilitated through coordination with Egypt, following Israeli security approval and under the supervision of the European Union mission," according to the Israeli agency that coordinates its activities in the West Bank and Gaza. However, Israel has made it clear that this is conditional on the release of the bodies of all hostages, and Egypt has denied coordinating with Tel Aviv to reopen the Rafah crossing.

Israel intensified its bombing campaign against southern Lebanon on Thursday, reportedly targeting Hezbollah. At midday, Israeli army attacks near the city of Tyre killed one person and wounded three others. In the early afternoon, Israeli forces also bombed positions in the towns of Taibeh, Tair Debba, Jabal, and Kfar Dounine. An hour before the attacks, Israeli forces had ordered the urgent evacuation of the area. "Warning to residents of southern Lebanon: In the short term, the army will target Hezbollah's terrorist military infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon to counter Hezbollah's prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area," said a statement issued by Israeli military spokesman Avichay. Specifically, maps distributed by Israeli forces highlight two buildings and urge everyone to stay at least 500 meters away. "Remaining in the designated area of the building puts you at risk," the text concludes.

On the night of November 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in Tel Aviv. Three shots ended the life of the then Prime Minister of Israel. The assassination was committed by Yigal Amir, a young man with radical, religious, and nationalist ideologies, who wanted to break the inertia of the Oslo Accords signed two years earlier with the Palestinians. And it seems clear that Amir achieved his objective, as we can see thirty years later. This weekend, Rabin's son, Yuval, who lives completely removed from public life in a remote town in Central Europe as an anonymous citizen caring for his dogs, gave a lengthy television interview to review the past and analyze the present. Three decades later, Yuval still considers Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for his father's death. Let us remember that Netanyahu won the immediate 1996 elections, and that he has subsequently been the prime minister who has served the longest in officeMore than David Ben-Gurion. During his long career, Netanyahu has managed to crush any hope of an agreement with the Palestinians, and now he is pushing for a radical transformation of the state and its institutions.