Sharing his views Brig SK Chatterji (retd) says “In Iraq, Hezbollah backed militias have fired rockets at a US base in Balad, Iraq. They have asked Iraqi forces to stay away from US bases.
An unstable Gulf region means higher costs for crude that could have a rippling effect on the Indian economy. At the same time India’s most promising port of Chabahar in Iran could face hurdles, say strategic experts. The killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad airport is perhaps the most precipitous step that the US President Donald Trump has taken in the context of the continuing US – Iran confrontations. It’s not an ordinary killing of an insurgent group’s leader but that of a man ranked among the top leadership of a sovereign country – Iran. Read More…
