Israeli strike killed Iranian commanders, Iran mentioned
At least seven officers together with three generals overseeing Iran’s covert operations within the Middle East had been killed in an Israeli strike in Syria yesterday, in line with Iranian and Syrian officers.
The strike on the Iranian Embassy complicated in Damascus seemed to be among the many deadliest assaults in a yearslong shadow struggle between Israel and Iran.
Among these killed was Gen. Mohamad Reza Zahedi, 65, who oversaw Iran’s covert navy operations in Syria and Lebanon, two different generals and 4 officers, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps mentioned in an announcement. Four Israeli officers confirmed that Israel had carried out the assault.
Iran’s ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, mentioned in an announcement that the Iranian consulate’s constructing got here underneath assault by two F-35 fighter jets. “This attack will have our fierce response,” he mentioned, in line with Iranian media.
Details: The strike focused a secret assembly between Iranian intelligence officers and Palestinian militants to debate the struggle in Gaza, Iranian officers mentioned. Among them had been leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a bunch armed and funded by Iran.
In Gaza: Israel withdrew from Al-Shifa, a serious hospital, after a two-week battle, leaving widespread devastation.
Movement on U.S. assist to Ukraine
Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, has begun publicly laying out potential circumstances for extending new navy help to Ukraine. It’s the strongest signal but that Johnson, a Republican, plans to defy critics in his personal social gathering and push via the help package deal.
His feedback strongly counsel that the help, which has been stalled for months, may clear Congress inside weeks. The foremost impediment standing in its approach has been Johnson’s refusal to carry it up within the House within the face of hard-right opposition. Now, the query seems to be not whether or not Johnson will permit assist to return to the ground, however in what kind and when.
Details: Johnson instructed that a number of the assist might be paid for by promoting off frozen Russian sovereign belongings. Only about $5 billion in Russian belongings are held within the U.S. More than $300 billion in Russian central financial institution belongings are stashed in Western nations.
India’s economic system underneath 10 years of Modi
In the last decade since Narendra Modi grew to become India’s prime minister, the nation’s economic system has virtually doubled. That robust progress — and its accompanying optimism amongst Indian customers — are key to his bid for a 3rd time period, which Modi appears set to win in elections that start on April 19.
But the financial actuality is extra difficult than the successful story informed by the Modi marketing campaign. While the economic system is rising, Modi has benefited from geopolitical currents which have made India extra enticing to world financiers. The growth has additionally been unequal. The bulk of India’s progress relies on these on the prime of the revenue ladder, and a big proportion of India’s underemployed work drive remains to be ready to profit from the success.
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