They do not intend to send troops onto Iranian territory — Donald Trump has neither the legitimacy for that nor is any mobilization of military forces visible. Iran is already an enormous country, and such a move could bring catastrophic consequences. If the set military objectives are achieved with minimal losses, that is already a success. If regime change in Iran follows, that will be a bonus,” analyst Giorgi Loladze stated during a discussion on the ongoing military actions in the Middle East on PalitraNews’ program “Resume.”

As Loladze noted, Iran will continue attacks on American military bases and on Israel, although it may change its tactics.

“We should closely observe [the development of events]. It is possible that the Houthis will get involved in some form and attempt to sink or capture ships moving near Yemen’s coast. Something may also happen again in the Strait of Hormuz — stopping or sinking tankers — although in that case private companies will temporarily halt traffic through the area.

Ballistic missile attacks on American military bases and on Israel will continue. They may change their tactics.

We should also talk about a changed Middle East. It is a unique situation when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Israel, and Jordan are jointly intercepting missiles from an aerial adversary. None of them were fans of the Iranians for understandable reasons, but they were always cautious. They were cautious precisely because they did not want to become targets themselves.

The Washington Post had interesting material in which it noted that, behind the public rhetoric, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was urging Trump to go for regime change and start this war. This is very interesting because previously public information suggested that the United States did not start the war because these countries had asked America to refrain, since they themselves would become targets. However, as it appears, they now believe that the regime is so weak today that it is better to take matters to the end and seize this opportunity,” Giorgi Loladze stated.