Palestine and Iran were flush with cash again. The Houthis were no longer classified as terrorists. Biden’s relationships with Israel and the Saudis soured considerably. The never-ending low-level cold conflict between Israel and her neighbors is now red-hot.
Gaza is a warzone. Terrorists based out of Lebanon threaten to drag them into a conflict with Israel. International shipping is being re-routed to avoid Iran’s very aggressive proxies playing pirate in the Red Sea.
That brings us up to speed to set up where we began the New Year, which has been quite busy in terms of people blowing up other people in the region.
We’ve got a couple of targeted strikes on key leaders connected to Hamas, a terrorist leader in Syria blown to bits, and a big explosion in Iran to look at.