Middle East News Thread

[gral]

Apparently Egypt and Ethiopia suspended talks on the Nile dam flashpoint.

Doesn't surprise me. Ethiopia is going full out on building it(it's called "The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam"), and the Blue Nile, which is the branch of the river being dammed, provides about 65% of the water of the Nile River. For one side, it's vital for economic growth(6,450 MW electrical generation capacity), for the other, it's a matter of life and death.

 

[Deleted member 88]

Be General Sisi

TFW you have two potential wars to fight. And your economy is only held via remittances and tourism.

 

[gral]

Be General Sisi

TFW you have two potential wars to fight. And your economy is only held via remittances and tourism.

Egypt's future is grim. 100 million people squeezed around the Nile, with no resources to speak of, hostages to the Aswan Dam, and now to this Ethiopian Dam. If Saudi Arabia stops bankrolling their armed forces...

 

[Deleted member 88]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/beirut-braces-for-protests-as-grief-over-blast-turns-to-fury-resign-or-hang/2020/08/08/5c050e3e-d8e2-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html%3foutputType=amp

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, set up symbolic nooses for politicians

-'Resignation or hang,-' read a banner held by protesters, who also planned to hold a symbolic funeral for the dead

www.google.com

Shots fired, 110 injured during Beirut protests as anger erupts over deadly blast - ABC News

www.google.com

People in Lebanon are very unhappy with their political class. Which seems to have fucked up the country real good.

I expect these protests will fizzle.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Probably nothing but who knows...

Syria's Assad stops speech due to low blood pressure before resuming - state TV

Syrian President Bashar al Assad suffered low blood pressure for a few minutes while delivering a speech to parliament before resuming normally, state television said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

 

[Scottty]

A general thread for middle-eastern military centric news, since the MId-East is the Seat of Mars on Earth in the modern day.

How a memetic Middle-Easterner might react to the region being described as the "seat of" a pagan Roman god...

 

[Deleted member 88]

Syria says pipeline blast that caused blackout was terrorist attack

CAIRO: The Syrian government said an explosion on a main gas pipeline traversing the Middle East on Monday was the result of a terrorist attack, and the United States said it suspected Daesh militants of carrying out the sabotage. The blast caused a blackout across Syria, but power was gradually...

www.arabnews.com

More explosions in the ME.

 

[Arch Dornan]

The Syrians won't catch a break will they?

 

[Husky_Khan]

Turkish Lira is suffering a dramatic drop in valuation as of recently.

Turkish lira forecast to drop further despite Black Sea find – Cyprus Mail

 

[PsihoKekec]

I guess Erdogan will have to do another political stunt to redirect the attention of the people.

 

[Bacle]

This is the second time in a few weeks I've heard of a rocket attack on that embassy.

Guess Iran is still looking for revenge for Solemani. They are apperentlh also trying to target the US Ambassador to South Africa, based on some tweets I saw a few days ago.

Maybe it's time to shove some JDAMs up the Ayetollah and IRGC's collective ass's.

 

[Tzeentchean Perspective]

Why South Africa bruh.

 

[Bacle]

Why South Africa bruh.

I'd guess proximity, and possibly perceived lack of security.

That's likely to have changed at this point.

If Iran is out for revenge for Solemani, they may be going after any US diplomatic personnel they feel are vunerable.

And Trump has weighed in publicly:

 

[Arch Dornan]

I'd guess proximity, and possibly perceived lack of security.

That's likely to have changed at this point.

If Iran is out for revenge for Solemani, they may be going after any US diplomatic personnel they feel are vunerable.

And Trump has weighed in publicly:

They better take the warning seriously. When he means it he means it. Soleimani thought he wouldn't dare and got a hellfire missile.

 

[PsihoKekec]

Why South Africa bruh.

Hesbollah has presence there, the same way it has presence in South America and was able to carry out two suicide bombings in Argentina in the 90s. I reckon the South Africa would be picked as country where the attack had most chance of success for least local fallout.

 

[Tzeentchean Perspective]

Hasn't the virus killed thousands of their people? They should sit this year out.

 

[Zachowon]

This is the second time in a few weeks I've heard of a rocket attack on that embassy.

Guess Iran is still looking for revenge for Solemani. They are apperentlh also trying to target the US Ambassador to South Africa, based on some tweets I saw a few days ago.

Maybe it's time to shove some JDAMs up the Ayetollah and IRGC's collective ass's.

I'd guess proximity, and possibly perceived lack of security.

That's likely to have changed at this point.

If Iran is out for revenge for Solemani, they may be going after any US diplomatic personnel they feel are vunerable.

And Trump has weighed in publicly:

They better take the warning seriously. When he means it he means it. Soleimani thought he wouldn't dare and got a hellfire missile.

I feel a war with Iran coming... FUCK! Why couldn't it be China or Russia?

 

[Arch Dornan]

I feel a war with Iran coming... FUCK! Why couldn't it be China or Russia?

This is generalising but is it because you don't want more middle eastern sand and want Russian snow or Chinese dirt?

 

[Zachowon]

This is generalising but is it because you don't want more middle eastern sand and want Russian snow or Chinese dirt?

YES! Though Iran is woodsey and mountainous more then Iraq

 

[Arch Dornan]

YES! Though Iran is woodsey and mountainous more then Iraq

Your buddies have my sympathy. Afghanistan or Iraq it's just more sand.