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Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Iran has attacked many neighbours, including Dubai. (Reuters: Amr Alfiky)
I'm ABC global affairs editor Laura Tingle in Dubai.
I'm going to give you daily updates to help you quickly understand what's going on.
Iran war live updates: For the latest news on the Middle East crisis read our blog.
The fallout from events over the past 12 hours that might most affect Australians is the possibility of further disruption to flights leaving Abu Dhabi and Dubai to bring those stranded here home.
There is a lot to be said strategically for being unpredictable. And Iran has kept changing its strategy of counterattack in the days since the United States and Israel first started the conflict with the rogue state.
But what if the changes are actually the result of the very decentralisation of power that analysts have been noting in recent days as being designed to make it harder to topple the regime? What if no-one is quite in control?
Middle East analyst Dr Burcu Ozcelik told the ABC on Thursday night that she thought Iran's attack on Azerbaijan was "a miscalculation". "One possibility is that it's caused by confusion and poor decision-making in a very fractured command and control hierarchy in panic mode," she said.
"I think there are also those inside the security apparatus that are seeking escalation to be able to exert more pressure on Washington."
We always presume people have a cunning plan. But maybe the Iranian military has too many of them just now.
You can keep track of the latest updates from Iran and around the world throughout the day via our live blog.
Thanks for joining me.
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