The Iran-Israel-US war that erupted on February 28, 2026, has fallen into the world division in an extremely shocking way. While it may seem easy at first glance to determine the sidelines of the war, the conflict process orchestrated by US President Donald Trump is a geopolitically very attractive point of interest.<\/p>\n
Aircraft Carriers and \u201cControlled Chaos\u201d Diplomacy<\/p>\n
Following the February operations, CENTCOM, which conducts US operations in the region, announced the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East with the goal of \u201ccontributing to regional security and stability.\u201d Although this move was presented as a \u201cprecautionary measure\u201d in response to ongoing protests in Iran, it proved that the February 28 war was part of a plan orchestrated from the Israeli side.<\/p>\n
The main issue is the fact that Trump was directly involved in a war without the approval of the US Congress. Trump chose the path of engaging in the war by pitting two powerful forces against each other and then supporting Israel, thus overcoming the Congressional obstacle. It is possible to say that Trump had already extended the harsh offers that Iran would make in response to Israeli attacks. Indeed, the first airstrikes were directed at Iran, primarily targeting US forces in the region, in other words, to \u201cmultiply the offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n
March 1st Night: A Coup Against the Leadership and a Test of Defense<\/p>\n
On the night of March 1st, the course of the war changed radically. The deaths of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a result of US-backed airstrikes directly turned the conflict towards Tel Aviv. In his assessment on CNNT\u00fcrk, International Relations Expert Dr. Cihan G\u00fcnyel emphasized that this was the biggest test of the Iron Dome since the Twelve-Day War. The fact that even the house of Alona Sa\u2019ar, daughter of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar, was damaged shows that the current Israeli defense doctrine is now eroding. The continuous missile waves throughout the night, affecting Haifa and Tel Aviv, and the US announcement of Khamenei\u2019s birth to the world without confirmation from Iranian authorities, prove the prominence of psychological warfare. Furthermore, the fact that six US Air Force refueling planes charted a course to Ben Gurion Airport during the night clearly demonstrates the increasing intensity and logistical preparation of the war effort.<\/p>\n
The \u201cIranian Valve\u201d and the Russia Factor in the Energy Equation<\/p>\n
Since the energy of the 1990s, the US has been at the very heart of the tensions generated by energy in the Middle East. The way Russia uses the \u201cenergy card\u201d in the current Russia-Ukraine war is being replicated by the US in the Middle East today.<\/p>\n
As emphasized by International Relations Expert Dr. Bar\u0131\u015f Ad\u0131belli, the hypersonic missiles used by Iran are a product of military cooperation between Russia and Iran. It is possible to speak of the transfer of this technology as a quid pro quo for Iran\u2019s support of Russia in the Ukraine war. However, the most fundamental goal in this big picture is Trump\u2019s desire to take control of the \u201cIran valve.\u201d This war is not just a security issue, but an effort to redesign global energy capacities.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Role and the Issue of Antithesis<\/p>\n
One of the most striking details of the war is that while Iran attacked all American bases in the region, it excluded Incirlik Air Base from this action. This shows that the deep connections between Ankara and Tehran are still in place. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan stated that the attacks were carried out \u201cat the instigation of Netanyahu,\u201d and expressed \u201cdeep sorrow and concern\u201d over what happened. While President Erdo\u011fan harshly criticized Israel\u2019s policies that were thrown into the fire, he also took a stand against Iran\u2019s missile and drone attacks on Gulf countries, deeming them unacceptable. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s stance on this point can actually be explained by its being a cultural and political antithesis to Iran. These two actors, quite different in terms of their regime structures and state ideologies, have been in a rivalry since the 16th century. However, T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s modern statecraft and capacity for influence are far superior to those of Iran. In this crisis, T\u00fcrkiye is demonstrating its unique strength by acting both as a peace envoy and by preserving the stability of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Iran-Israel-US war that erupted on February 28, 2026, has fallen into the world division in an extremely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24702,42,87,47,43,545,140,40,38,41,39,2586],"class_list":["post-318704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-geopolitics","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-security","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}