This is a follow-up to yesterday's post, "Russia reportedly supplying Iran with weapons to retaliate against Israel." The situation is extremely volatile, and could hardly be one with greater potential consequences for the world. Nevertheless, it is pretty much absent from the front pages of US media outlets. Here are some of the more concerning developments, with links to more detailed news sources for those who are interested in following this. The following was originally posted as a comment under the related OP yesterday. But it is easy to miss there, and these are truly important developments.
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>>PAKISTAN (A NUCLEAR STATE) ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SUPPORT IRAN WITH SHAHEEN 3 BALLISTIC MISSILES IF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL ESCALATES (see: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-813485 and on missile capacities: https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/shaheen-3/ )
Biden wrote Pakistan to affirm Washington's "enduring partnership" with the country in March of this year, after decades of up and down relations with the state. https://pk.usembassy.gov/letter-from-president-joseph-r-biden-to-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif/
Pakistan's announcement of military support for Iran followed an emergency OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) meeting in Jedah, Saudi Arabia. The OIC is an intergovernmental organization of 57 mostly Muslim majority states. The emergency meeting held discussions on "the crimes of the Israeli occupation" and "the assassination of Haniyeh," said the Saudi OIC representative, according to the Jerusalem Post .
>>EGYPT (which helped Israel and the US to take out Iranian missiles in April) told Israel and the US it will not help them repel missiles from Iran or projectiles from Yemen this time round. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/egypt-says-it-will-not-assist-israel-in-repelling-iranian-attack-report/
>>JORDAN (a close US ally that helped Israel/US in April) sent it's top diplomat, Ayman Safadi, to Iran, the first such visit in decades. He condemned Israel's killing of Haniyeh in Tehran as "an escalatory step" and "violation of international law and Iranian sovereignty."This is the first diplomatic visit from Jordan to Iran in over 2 decades, according to the Washington Post.
>>Jordan subsequently announced that unlike April, IT WILL NOT HELP ISRAEL BY INTERCEPTING MISSILES, NOR WILL IT ALLOW ANY OF THE PARTIES (ISRAEL, US OR IRAN) TO USE ITS AIRSPACE FOR STRIKES. It is effectively neutral, and wants no part of the conflict, though it has condemned Israel's assassination in Tehran in an unprecedented way diplomatically. http://www.uniindia.com/news/world/security-jordan-airspace/3256384.html#google_vignette and on diplomatic trip to Iran: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/04/iran-jordan-israel-hezbollah-hamas-us-tensions/7a15fe58-5249-11ef-9a60-5b6e8b4da7c0_story.htm
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