Bulletins and News Discussion from March 24th to March 30th, 2025 - The Genocide Continues - COTW: Qatar

Image is of Gazans breaking their fast with the Iftar meal during the ongoing Ramadan.

Due to a request by @miz@hexbear.net, this thread's COTW is Qatar.

The ceasefire deal broke down early last week after Israel unilaterally changed the terms of the agreement and then blamed Hamas for not meeting them. Violence against civilians has rapidly accelerated to pre-ceasefire levels, with many hundreds dead already, aid once again cut off, and Israeli soldiers once again entering and occupying the attritional labyrinth that is Gaza.

I'm not yet in a position to make any solid predictions or analysis, as the geopolitical situation in and around Israel has changed fairly substantially over the last 6 months; in some ways benefiting Israel, and in other ways not. We know for sure how Hamas and Ansarallah are reacting (thankfully, with open hostility to both Israel and the United States), but the state of Hezbollah has been a giant question mark for months now, and precisely what Iran plans to do (beyond the usual level of supplying weaponry and intelligence to all the allies it can) is unknown. Syria will be almost certainly be a big wildcard, and we'll have to see if the compradors in Damascus can weather the storm.

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US airstrikes on Yemen continue for the 13th night in a row, with multiple rounds of airstrikes, with multiple strikes each, targeting various areas of the capital city Sana'a, including the leadership centre and airport, along with various strikes in different areas in the Sana'a, Saada and Hodeidah Governorates.
Strikes reported in Al Jawf Governorate.
Strikes targeting mountains in Amran Governorate. 8 airstrikes reported.
Total of 19 airstrikes targeting Arman Governorate, including communications networks.
Very intense rounds of airstrikes currently taking place.
More airstrikes in Marib Governorate.
Over 45 total airstrikes reported tonight, this is the most intense round of airstrikes since the beginning of the current campaign against Ansarallah in Yemen.
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- Back when they were raiding and capturing ships, as well as blowing them up, the US didn't bomb Yemen all that much (comparatively speaking), but now that they're not doing so the US bombs with great force. It's very disproportionate and it's sending a message to Iran, 100% sure on this one.
  
  Well Ansarallah did state that they would close off the sea to Israeli ships. So the US decided to take initiative and attack Yemen before Ansarallah fired on a Israeli linked ship, and before the ceasefire in Gaza broke down which would have led to the resumption of direct Yemeni ballistic missile attacks on Israel. That way the US can take the first actions, before any Israeli bombings of Yemen, or before Yemen starts firing at ships or Israel. The US gets to dictate the pace of current engagements unless Ansarallah decide a wider escalation is necessary.
  There have also been advancements in the US Navy and Air Force ,more on that in this thread, being able to defend themselves against unmanned aerial systems, namely drones and cruise missiles, with new weaponry and tactics. That allows the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier to remain closer to Yemen than before, at most between 700-800km away from Yemen in Jeddah and just capable of just absorbing the drone and cruise missile attacks without having to retreat further. 700km is the important number here because it's the maximum range of the Zolfogar Basir Anti Ship Ballistic Missile. The aircraft carrier can also venture closer to Yemen to launch attacks, later falling back to the 700km distance before getting overwhelmed by large Ansarallah attacks. The closer the aircraft carrier can get, the more sorties the aircraft onboard can launch within a certain time frame.
  The message to Iran is also there and obvious, especially with the 5-7 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers in Diego Garcia.
- So much for
  no wars.

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