NEW CRESCENT OF POWER

On June 24, the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran, which erupted on June 13, 2025 after Israel launched air strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites killing key nuclear scientists and military commanders, a fragile ceasefire was brokered by the US—hours after Iran had fired missiles at its largest airbase in the Middle East, based in Qatar.

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The United States entered the military clash on June 22 with bunker-buster strikes on Iran's Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear facilities. Quoting a preliminary US intelligence assessment, Reuters reported that the US airstrikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months. Till today, Israeli genocide continues in Gaza strip even after 600+ days of conflict between Hamas and Israel where over 55,000 Palestinians have been killed.

Since the creation of Israel in 1948 by the USA and its European allies, the month of June seems to be a significant month for the Arabs. The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, from June 5 to 10, 1967. After the war, Israel occupied a total of 70,000 km² of Arab territory—the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. Though the dust of the '12 Day War' between Israel and Iran has not settled yet, there is a certainty that the tectonic impact of this war will be significant. Developments across the region during the last few days have profoundly shifted the diplomatic landscape and the balance of power in the Middle East, observes Le Monde.