Merchants have informed Navanti Group that previously operational and refurbished cranes at the Port of Hudaydah may have been damaged and may no longer be operational. In addition to the crane damage, the Hudaydah port’s storage capacity of 150,000 tons of fuel has been substantially damaged, leaving only 50,000 tons of fuel storage remaining in […]
The unexpected death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan has amplified longstanding speculation over who will eventually succeed the aging Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the pinnacle of Iran’s ruling hierarchy. As the murky circumstances around Raisi’s death fuel rumors of a regime power play, one name […]
On February 2, 2024 U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes against 85 Iranian targets in Iraq and Syria. These series of strikes were in response to the recent Iranian-backed militia strikes in Jordan that killed 3 U.S. service members on January 28. Syrian state-run news outlet Sana reported strikes in the cities of Deir al-Zour, Albu […]
Moldova in 2022 is facing turmoil both within and without: domestic political unrest, record high inflation, months-long protests, an unprecedented energy crisis and blackouts all occurring on the backdrop of Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine. Amid this chaos, the Russia-sympathetic, populist Shor Party has sought to position itself as an alternative to Moldova’s ruling Western-aligned […]