Semafor Security

Bangkok is set to host the international song competition in the fall.

Gulf nations are highly reliant on desalination for fresh water, and damage to the region’s hundreds of plants could render its major cities unlivable.

More than a million people in Lebanon have been displaced and some 1,200 killed since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reignited.

Israel’s opposition leader warned the military was “stretched to the limit and beyond,” while US arsenals have been strained by other conflicts.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington may send 10,000 ground troops to the region, likely within striking distance of Iran.

The arrival of 2,000 more troops suggests that Trump is maintaining the option of escalating hostilities, even as he said talks with Iran were taking place.

US military bases in the UK, Germany, Portugal, Italy, France, and Greece are fueling and launching American bombers and drones.

Esmail Khatib’s death came within 24 hours of Israeli strikes taking out Iran’s security chief and the head of its feared paramilitary force.

Ali Larijani ran Iran’s national security council and was seen as the country’s de facto leader after the former ayatollah was assassinated.

The US is confronting its limitations in dealing with Iran’s asymmetric warfare, analysts argued.

The European Commission is consulting with EU member states to produce a sweeping new security strategy document, tentatively set to publish by June.

Russian athletes are competing in the Winter Paralympics and Russian artists are returning to the Venice Biennale.