President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US Navy had full control over the Strait of Hormuz. However, Tehran continues to restrict traffic through the Strait. “We have total control over the Strait of Hormuz. No ship can enter or leave without the...
U.S. troops are training for chemical and nuclear fallout while fresh forces and warships surge toward the Middle East, and I can’t shake the feeling that those “routine drills” are happening for a reason. We walk through what the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s...
A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sounds like a clean, decisive move until you run it through the real world: geography, international law, ship insurance, and the uncomfortable question of what happens when the other side shoots back. We sit down with Lt Col...
Three US officials speaking with Axios claimed that President Donald Trump does not plan to have an open-ended ceasefire with Iran, and is planning to give Tehran under a week to present a proposal to Washington. “Trump is willing to give another three to...
Data from the shipping tracking firm Vortexa found that at least 34 Iranian ships have bypassed the US blockade since President Donald Trump imposed it on April 13. The US has only stopped two Iranian ships. Trump has argued that his blockade is a tremendous...
A report by the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found that the US depleted half of its missile interceptors. According to CSIS, the US military had 2,330 Patriot interceptors before the conflict, and used an...
President Donald Trump made a sharp reversal and announced that the ceasefire with Iran will continue indefinitely. “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and...
Ukraine has launched a series of drone strikes at Russia, damaging warships and killing one person. On Monday, the Ukrainian intelligence service, GUR, claimed that drones destroyed two landing ships and damaged a radar at a Russian port in Crimea. Ukraine also...
A senior Israeli official said the IDF has established a “yellow line” dividing southern Lebanon. In Gaza, the IDF kills Palestinians who cross the “yellow line.” The senior Israeli official told reporters on Saturday, “The ‘Yellow Line’ model implemented in Gaza...
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the test firing of missiles with multiple reentry vehicles. “The purpose of the test-fire is to verify the characteristics and power of cluster bomb warhead and fragmentation mine warhead applied to the tactical...
President Donald Trump claimed an Iranian-flagged vessel attempted to break the US blockade. US forces attacked and boarded the cargo ship. “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier,...
A senior Iranian official said President Donald Trump’s maximalist demands and erratic behavior are harming the diplomatic process. “Our assessment is that Trump effectively lacks both a coherent plan and the capacity to secure even a temporary agreement. His...
