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Editor @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. Posting about Syria, Ukraine, Russia, and foreign affairs. 🇸🇾🇺🇦 Author of "In Search of Greater Syria." https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/in-search-of-greater-syria-9780755641826/
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits wounded in hospital.
NEW: Ukraine will send an unspecified number of Ukrainian military personnel with expertise in downing Shahed drones to the Middle East, underscoring how Ukraine’s experience in defense against Iranian drones can strengthen the air defenses of the US and its allies.
Latest: isw.pub/UkrWar030826
NEW: The Russian military command likely has laterally redeployed elite airborne (VDV) and naval infantry units from the Pokrovsk direction and the Dobropillya tactical area in eastern Ukraine to the southern frontline, likely in part to respond to recent Ukrainian gains. 🧵(1/4) isw.pub/UkrWar030726
NEW: Russia is reportedly sharing intelligence with Iran to support Iranian attacks against US forces in the Middle East in contrast to the Kremlin’s recent attempts to frame Russia as a potential US ally and US-Russia relations as increasingly friendly. (1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar030626
MORE: Kremlin officials are criticizing the United States for military operations against Iran and are using the escalation in the Middle East to set conditions to blame the United States for any future failures in negotiations for a peace in Ukraine. 🧵(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar030526
❗️Two 🇷🇺Russian soldiers wrote “We surrender” on a piece of paper, held it up in front of a 🇺🇦Ukrainian reconnaissance drone. After receiving instructions, they successfully surrendered to fighters of @414magyarbirds.
China is the nation facing the biggest economic catastrophe from the Straits of Hormuz being closed.
If the US and Israel cannot get the situation under control as fast as possible, then the Chinese economy will be the first to go into crisis.
Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran ft.trib.al/ufPZ5LE
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US forces declassified a video showing the sinking of the „IRIS Dena“ of the coast Sri Lanka by a submarine.
A good time to revisit my 2017 article about the Kurdish Mahabad Republic. It lasted just one year -- 1946.
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The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN. https://cnn.it/4aMsbND
NEW: The US and Israel are striking Iran’s drone and missile facilities to reduce the pressure on missile and drone interceptors – a capability the US is denying Ukraine by refusing to provide Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Latest assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar030326
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NEW: The US and Israel continued to attack Iranian internal security institutions. The Israel Defense Forces conducted strikes on key Iranian political institutions in Tehran. The combined force continued to target Iranian defense industrial sites.
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NEW: The combined US-Israeli force has struck over 2,000 targets in Iran and achieved air superiority over Tehran.
More:https://isw.pub/IranUpdate030126PM_BS
Other Key Takeaways:
The prime minister also said the U.K. would be consulting with Ukrainian experts to help nations in the Gulf shoot down Iranian drones.
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Very intense and active operation of Patriot air defense systems at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base against Iranian missiles.
A statue of Khamenei is torn down in Galleh Dar, Fars province, Iran. #Iran.
NEW: The combined US-Israeli force killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and it is unclear who is currently ruling Iran.
More in the Iran Update Evening Special Report, February 28, 2026:
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Syrians celebrate and distribute sweets in the Syrian capital Damascus after the US president announced the killing of Ali Khamenei.
NEW | The United States and Israel have launched a strike campaign into Iran in order to topple the Islamic Republic, among other objectives.
Iran Update Special Report: US and Israeli Strikes, February 28, 2026: isw.pub/IranStrikesBS
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A Shahed kamikaze drone has just struck a skyscraper in Bahrain.
Nobody has more experience in countering Shahed drones than Ukrainian forces. The US, Israel and the Arab states in the Middle East should request their knowledge, instantly. The fact that Iranian Shahed drones can hit high-value targets of US forces rather easily is very telling.
The Qatari MoD states it intercepted a second wave of attacks
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