News and Analysis 6/8/26

The Iran war resumes:

• US-Israel Wars, Day 102: Ceasefires Collapse — Iran and Israel Attack Each Other After Israelis Strike Beirut (EA Worldview)

“‘I call all the shots’, not Benjamin Netanyahu” — Donald Trump:

• Israel Strikes Iran Despite Trump Plea as Middle East Crisis Threatens to Escalate (The Guardian)

Iran closes the airspace over the west of the country[,] … The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority says Iraqi airspace will remain closed for 72 hours. Syria also temporarily closes its southern airspace for 12 hours”:

• Iran, Iraq and Syria Order Airspace Closures After Tehran’s Missile Attack on Israel (Times of Israel)

“Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis announced a missile attack on Israel on Monday and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the specter of a return to major disruption on the key route”:

• Yemen’s Houthis Declare ‘Total Ban’ on Israeli Ships in Red Sea (Alarabiya)

“The Pentagon neither responded nor denied the original report and had not done so by press time on Sunday night. The CIA also had not responded”:

• US Sources Dismiss Pentagon Leak Alleging Israeli Spying as Anti-Iran War Pushback (Jerusalem Post)

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