The US and Israel have rejected a peace proposal from Hamas that would see the Palestinian group disarm in the process of the creation of an independent Palestinian state. A senior Palestinian source speaking with Middle East Eye said that Hamas and other...
In a rare statement, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said that the future of the Middle East will be “bright” without the US. “A new chapter for the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz is unfolding,” Khamenei wrote in a multi-post statement on...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) is requesting the Department of War deploy a hypersonic missile system to the Middle East. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that CENTCOM, the regional command responsible for the Middle East, asked for the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile...
President Donald Trump said that he was mulling a reduction of US troops in Germany following Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s saying Iran had humiliated the US. “The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a...
The Strait of Hormuz is the kind of choke point people talk about in theory, right up until it closes and the whole global economy starts to feel it. We’re joined by Ambassador Chas Freeman, a veteran American diplomat, to make sense of the US-Iran ceasefire drama...
The USS Gerald R. Ford will return to the US after nearly a year at war. The Ford is one of three aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East. The Washington Post reported speaking with US officials who said USS Ford will be leaving the region in the coming...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared battle plans for a round of strikes against Iran. Axios spoke with three people familiar with the Department of War’s planning to resume strikes against Iran. According to the sources CENTCOM, the US military command...
Vice President JD Vance has been questioning the assessments coming out of the Department of War about the success of the US military in Iran. According to two senior White House officials speaking with The Atlantic, Vance has expressed skepticism about the...
The White House has asked the intelligence community to assess how Iran would respond to the US declaring victory and ending the conflict. According to multiple sources speaking with Reuters, senior Trump administration officials requested the intelligence...
A single image can crack a political storyline wide open. We start with the viral clip of an Israeli soldier smashing a Jesus statue and follow the uncomfortable question it forces for many American Christians: what does “shared values” mean when Christians in...
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only question that matters: who actually has leverage right now, and what...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Iran has humiliated the US during the negotiating process. The US and Iran have held a round of talks and exchanged messages through Pakistan, but have been unable to reach an agreement. “The Iranians are obviously...
