Middle East News Outlet Praises Trump And Israel For Iran Strikes

In a twist few saw coming, a Qatari state-funded media outlet is now echoing a message that’s cutting straight against the dominant narrative in Washington and much of the Western press.

Al Jazeera published an op-ed declaring that Operation Epic Fury — the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign targeting Iran — is not spiraling into chaos, but instead delivering measurable, strategic results.

The piece, authored by Doha-based academic Muhanad Seloom, takes direct aim at critics who claim the operation is backfiring. According to Seloom, that argument collapses under scrutiny.

“Critics are measuring the wrong things,” he wrote, arguing that headlines focusing on rising tensions and economic fallout miss the bigger picture: Iran’s military capabilities are being systematically dismantled.

And the numbers he cites are striking.

Iran’s ballistic missile launches have reportedly dropped by more than 90 percent since the start of the operation, falling from roughly 350 to just 25. Drone deployments have seen a similar collapse, plunging from 800 to around 75 in just over two weeks.

Seloom describes a sweeping degradation across nearly every pillar of Iran’s power structure — from missile systems and nuclear infrastructure to air defenses and naval forces. He claims hundreds of missile launchers have already been neutralized, and as much as 80 percent of Iran’s strike capacity against Israel has been wiped out.

Perhaps most telling: the U.S. is now flying nonstealth B-1 bombers over Iranian airspace — a move that signals near-total confidence in air superiority.

The analysis goes further, arguing Iran is now trapped in a strategic chokehold. Launching its remaining weapons risks immediate destruction, while holding back only accelerates its decline.

“This is a force managing decline, not projecting strength,” Seloom wrote.