Briefing: Is Iran using cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions?
Strategic angle: Experts say Iran's Revolutionary Guards are using cryptocurrencies to circumvent Western sanctions and finance allied militias.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
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Briefing: Newsletter: ‘Not our war’ - Rubio joins G7 talks amid transatlantic rift over war in Iran
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."
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: 'They're putting up quite a fight': Hezbollah pushes back against Israel's advancing troops
Strategic angle: FRANCE 24 correspondent Renée Davis reports from Beirut on the ongoing conflict as Hezbollah resists Israeli advances.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Zelenskyy courts Saudi support as U.S. reportedly weighs redirecting Ukraine aid to Middle East
Strategic angle: Zelenskyy met Gulf leaders to seek support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weighs diverting military resources to the Middle East.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Iran seeks to cash in on Strait of Hormuz
Strategic angle: Tehran suggests system of charging fees and limiting passage to ‘non-hostile’ ships could endure beyond current war.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: UAE pushes for international force to reopen Hormuz
Strategic angle: Abu Dhabi is hardening its stance as it suffers from Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli war.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: In Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, 'no one ventures outside anymore apart from rescue teams'
Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict has left the city in despair, with rescue workers facing deadly risks.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: 'As he approached the sands of the Arabian-Persian Gulf, Trump fell prey to a common phenomenon in these lands: mirages'
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Trump extends pause on attacking Iran energy facilities to April 6
Trump announced the U.S. would continue a pause on energy sites in Iran as key stock market indices fell and oil prices rose.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: United States and Israel are facing the same Iranian foe but are fighting different wars
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Brendan Carr clarifies comments on broadcast license threat
Strategic angle: FCC Chair Brendan Carr insists his remarks were misinterpreted and not aimed at punishing media coverage of the Iran war.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Oil price volatile as traders assess trajectory of Iran talks
Strategic angle: Donald Trump delays possible attack on Iranian regime’s energy plants until April 6 after bruising day on Wall Street
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Winding down or spinning out of control? Trump's mixed signals on Iran rattle traditional allies
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Iran’s hardline new leaders take control
Strategic angle: US-Israeli assassinations have left a regime that looks more hawkish at home and abroad
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: US fixed 30-year mortgage rate jumps to six-month high as Iran war drags on
Strategic angle: The ongoing conflict in Iran has contributed to a significant rise in mortgage rates.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: G7 meets in France to mend rupture with US on Middle East war
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: REPLAY: US President Donald Trump holds cabinet meeting
Strategic angle: President Donald Trump urges Iran to make a deal to end US and Israeli bombing.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Iran war will spare no major economy, says OECD — but the UK is more vulnerable than others
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within
Strategic angle: Iraq navigates a precarious balance between two powerful allies amid escalating conflict.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Blackstone invests $250 million in UAE despite war disruption
Strategic angle: Investment highlights resilience in UAE's market amid ongoing conflicts.
Editorial Staff Mar 26