Major Developments In The Middle East Elephants Swatting Flies

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 Here is a screenshot from this morning's flightradar24.com tracking over Iran. As you can see almost THREE MONTHS after June 13, 2025 the Iranian airspace is still closed. Most international flights are flying around Iran. Those few yellow coloured planes flying over Iran territory are overflights. Not flights landing inside Iran. That red circle is Teheran where there are no international flights going into Teheran International Airport. 



Can you imagine a country with about 100 million people not having any international flights arriving or leaving from its airports? 
Next month is October 2025. It will be 24 months since the attack on Israel and the ensuing retaliation which has now engulfed Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran in war and conflict.
In the past 24 months, the Hezbollah in Lebanon has been wiped out. Hassan Nasrallah their long time leader for life has been eliminated in a massive bombing attack. It is said that during that attack on that Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut 300 other people were also killed along with Hassan Nasrallah. There was also Operation Grim Beeper where over 1,500 Hezbollah leaders and operatives were killed or wounded by exploding pagers and walkie talkies. Another bit of Israeli skull-duggery.
In the past 24 months in Syria the Assad Dynasty disappeared suddenly when jihadi forces with the blessing of Nato (meaning they were funded and armed by Nato) suddenly appeared from over the hills and chased out president Bashar Al Assad. Just like that. Assad ran away to Russia where his grandchildren will become Russian speaking citizens. All because Shia Assad allowed the Shia Ayatollahs from Iran to use Syrian territory as a base and as a conduit to attack the Israelis. And nobody cares. Why? Because Assad was a Shia. 
The biggest blow has been suffered by Hamas in Gaza. In retaliation for the "Operation Al Aqsa Flood" whereby the Hamas attacked and killed over 1,200 Israeli people and then abducted another 200 Israelis and took them back into Gaza. Now 24 months later there is no more Hamas. All their leaders have been killed including their leaders for life like Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar. Their military commanders have also been eliminated. Gaza City the 'capital' of Gaza is now under siege and will most likely be overrun within the next few weeks. 
The Ayatollahs in Iran wanted a piece of the action. In return they have got their turbans burned. Very few of their missiles were able to even reach their targets. In retaliation their country has been quite destroyed. Their nuclear program has been blasted and set back many years. Their air defenses have been destroyed and are still not up and running yet. Their airspace is not only closed but the Israeli Air Force has air dominance over Iranian airspace where Israeli recon drones and fighter jets move freely into and out of Iranian airspace.  The entire leadership of their IRGC, their Air Force and their Navy has been eliminated. 
The Ayatollah has gone into hiding underground and has only been seen above ground twice since June 13th. What a turn of events. And nobody cares about them. Why? Because they are Shias.
The Houthis in Yemen wanted a piece of the action as well. They started sinking ships travelling towards the Suez Canal. And they fired long range missiles as well which have done little damage. The latest news is the fibre optic cables under the Red Sea have been cut - disrupting Internet communications. Long story short - the Houthis have suffered retaliation. They have been bombed to the Stone Age. Sanaa International Airport does not exist anymore. Here is the FlightRadar map of Yemen this morning:


There are absolutely no flights going into Yemen. Only flies are flying in their airspace. Sanaa Airport has been destroyed. The story is not over.
A few days back I said that there will be a land invasion of Yemen. That process has already started. The Saudis have begun shelling and aerial bombing of their border areas with Yemen - around Maarib. Saudi, Egyptian and US forces are conducting live fire exercises in the Egyptian desert. There will most likely be a land invasion of Yemen involving troops from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, the US, NATO and the Israelis providing air support.
In other developments Admiral Brad Cooper Chief of the American CENTCOM is visiting Israel. Cooper led the recent US bombing of Yemen.  
The purpose of Cooper's visit is most likely to coordinate the coming attack against the Houthis as well as a final blow against the Ayatollahs in Iran. Yup that is also going to happen.  Here is a brief video about these issues:




 
What is becoming obvious is that these are all flies. And the flies are being swatted by the elephants.  Knowing what they know now, and if they could turn the clock back 24 months, would they embark on these really foolhardy escapades?
I mean Ismail Haniyeh would still be alive. Nasrallah would be alive. 1,500 people would not have been blown up by exploding pagers and walkie talkies. The entire cadre of senior generals in Iran would still be alive.  
So what will happen? They are going to get bombed.   
The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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