3 Al Jazeera, ‘Israel PM Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after protests, 27 March 2023 Gallant had warned that the judicial overhaul was a threat to national security after hundreds of intelligence and military special forces reservists halted their volunteer service, threatening not to report for training in protest against the planned judicial changes. On the day of the strike, Netanyahu announced a temporary freeze on the legislation until the next parliamentary session. Mass demonstrations erupted in over 35 distinct locations across the country after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on 26 March over his opposition to the move, and the Israel’s largest trade union launched a historic strike on 27 March. In Israel, demonstrations and strikes over the contentious judicial reform legislation further intensified in March as the Israeli parliament passed the first of several laws limiting the courts’ abilities to declare a sitting prime minister unfit for office. US forces, the Global Coalition Against Daesh, and pro-Iran militias have been engaged in sporadic mutual shelling and airstrikes since 2019.īack to map Israel: Netanyahu delays judicial reforms after mass demonstrations This, in turn, led to more shelling attacks by pro-Iran militias on Global Coalition Against Daesh and US military bases in al-Hasaka and Deyr al-Zur provinces. In response to the attack, US forces conducted several drone strikes against IRGC, pro-Iran militias, Hizbullah, and regime positions in Dayr al-Zur province, reportedly killing 16 pro-Iran and regime fighters. Hostilities were triggered when the al-Ghalibun Brigade, a militia affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), launched a drone attack against a US military base in the Rmelan area in al-Hasaka province, reportedly killing one US contractor. Mutual shelling and drone attacks between pro-Iran militias and US military forces alongside the Global Coalition Against Daesh increased significantly in the second half of March. 2 Edith Lederer, ‘UN says intense diplomacy under way to end 8-year Yemen war,’ Associated Press, 16 March 2023 Following the Houthis’ ouster of the Yemeni government in 2014, the country spiraled into a civil war, which also became the scene and proxy for a protracted Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict.īack to map Syria: Escalation in hostilities between US forces and pro-Iran militias The violence comes despite the resumption of diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia and negotiations between Houthi de facto authorities and the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) on conflict-related detainees in March, which have raised hopes for bringing the conflict to an end. The escalation in hostilities led to the first significant change in frontlines between Houthi and anti-Houthi forces in Yemen since the implementation of the United Nations-mediated truce in April 2022, and is likely an attempt by Houthis to gain leverage in ongoing political negotiations. The rapprochement between the two countries will likely have strong repercussions for the region, including the potential resolution of regional elements of the Yemeni civil war and accelerating Syria’s re-integration into the Arab world’s diplomatic fold.īack to map Yemen: Violence surges in Marib governorate despite regional diplomatic breakthroughsīattle events between Houthi and anti-Houthi forces in Marib increased threefold in March compared to the month prior, reaching the highest level since May 2022. The two regional rivals have long been at odds and supporting opposite sides in the region for decades, including in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. 1 Parisa Hafezi, Nayera Abdallah and Aziz El Yaakoubi, ‘Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties in talks brokered by China,’ Reuters, 10 March 2023 Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in early 2016 in response to the storming of its embassy in Tehran by hard-line elements following the execution of a Shiite cleric by Saudi authorities. On 10 March, Iran and Saudi Arabia announced an agreement to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies within two months, in a landmark deal mediated by China. Iran and Saudi Arabia: Landmark agreement reached on resumption of diplomatic ties
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