Author Archives: connorellis

Middle East: Indiscriminate warfare is indefensible and incompatible with law

https://www.icrc.org/en/news-release/middle-east-indiscriminate-warfare-indefensible-and-incompatible-law This article includes a statement made by the International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric. The statement opens by discussing the current situation regarding what the Red Cross humanitarian workers have seen in terms of damage to the country such as bridges, water filters, roads, schools and much more. Next she calls for the consideration of the… Read more »

Iran rejects temporary ceasefire proposal, Trump stresses Tuesday deadline is ‘final’

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892183 This article discusses another aspect of the conflict between Iran and the joint military forces of the United States and Israel. At this point in the conflict they have begun to search for an ending in the form of a peace deal. This comes with Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz, an important international energy trade route. The… Read more »

Israel hits Iran’s South Pars petrochemical plant

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/06/iran-war-live-updates-trump-hormuz-oil-netanyahu-israel This article serves as a news update on the current status of the ongoing  conflict between Iran and the joint forces of Israel and the United States. In the southern region of Iran there was a recent missile strike that hit one of their petrochemical fields. The Southern Pars Petrochemical facility is one of Iran’s largest energy facilities for… Read more »

Aid groups crippled by foreign aid cuts plead for funds as Middle East humanitarian crisis grows

https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-usaid-humanitarian-funding-e798b818617a1297e107495ef407fe3f This article is discussing the humanitarian aid crises that come with the current conflict between Iran and the joint military forces of Israel and the United States. This conflict has been very expensive  for the United States costing upwards of 11 billion dollars in just a few weeks time. However more of an issue is the lack of money… Read more »

Lebanon faces ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ under Israeli assault: UN

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/lebanon-faces-humanitarian-catastrophe-under-israeli-assault-un In this article it discusses the impacts that the Israel and Iran conflict has on the neighboring country of Lebanon as well as the Lebanese people that live there. The conflict has had horrible impacts for the country as well as its people and a big part of those impacts is the displacement of roughly 4 million people in… Read more »

Israel to ‘intensify’ strikes on Iran to stop missile fire, warns defence minister

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/27/iran-war-live-updates-trump-negotiations-bombing-hormuz-energy-oil-prices-middle-east This article discusses an update to the growing conflict between Iran and the joint forces of the United States and Israel. This update began with discussing a statement made by the defense minister for Israel. He made a statement saying that Israel planned to intensify their strikes against Iran if they did not end their returning missile strikes against… Read more »

‘UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and more’: 6 countries under attack as US-Israel launch strikes against Iran

https://www.wionews.com/photos/-uae-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-more-6-countries-under-attack-as-us-israel-launch-strike-against-iran-1772274204593/1772274204594 This article serves to inform the reader of a basic understanding of the different places that are being impacted by strikes from Iran following the United States and Israel joint attacks on different Iran militia bases. These bases were all impacted directly after the joint strike and this will likely lead to a significant response. The counter attack was… Read more »

Airstrikes on pro-Iran militia base in Iraq kill at least two

https://thenewregion.com/posts/4707 This article discusses a development from earlier today in the joint attack against Iran from the United States and Israel. This attack was launched as a “preemptive strike” as described by Israel with the support of current president Donald Trump. This was done in order to effectively prevent these countries or groups within these countries from coming to the… Read more »

Israeli attacks on police sites kill six in southern, central Gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/27/israeli-attacks-on-police-sites-kill-five-in-southern-central-gaza This article discusses a recent advancement in the struggle between Israel and the Palestinian people as well as providing some other details that are not necessarily headline facts but are still very much relevant to the issue. First, Israel has begun to use drone strikes to specifically target police operations with a total of six police officers being killed… Read more »