President Donald Trump said that if Iran declines his latest proposal to end the war, the US will break the ceasefire and restart the bombing. “Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic...
A US F-18 attacked and disabled an Iranian-flagged civilian ship in the Gulf of Oman. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces observed M/T Hasna as it transited international waters enroute to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” a statement from CENTCOM published on...
The US intelligence community assesses that Iran’s nuclear program remains largely unchanged since the US attacked and damaged several facilities last year. Three sources familiar with the estimate told Reuters that the intelligence community believes it will take...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Craine said that Iranian attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf and energy infrastructure in the UAE did not amount to significant violations of the ceasefire. On Monday, Iran fired missiles at a US destroyer as a...
“The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year is the United States military.” We start there, because that claim tells you a lot about how Washington sells war and how quickly moral language gets flipped into marketing. I’m joined...
Israeli leaders are watching events in the Strait of Hormuz closely and preparing to strike Iran. Israel has been pushing for the US to abandon the diplomatic process and greenlight renewed attacks on Iran. On Sunday, Trump announced “Project Freedom” to reopen...
European officials warned that the pipeline of weapons flowing to Ukraine could halt if the US breaks the ceasefire with Iran. A European diplomat speaking with Foreign Policy about the transfer of missile interceptors to Ukraine explained, “Everything will depend...
The Iranian military reported firing missiles and drones at a US warship near the Strait of Hormuz as a warning for the vessel to turn back. “Immediately after they switched their radars back on they were detected and faced a radio warning from the navy of the...
Trump is posting like the Strait of Hormuz is a light switch he controls, but the shipping data, tanker seizures, and oil price spikes point to something far more dangerous: a grinding maritime confrontation that can escalate by accident. We sit down with...
President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Tel Aviv to grant a pardon to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader is battling multiple corruption charges. Trump told the Israeli outlet Kan News on Sunday, “Tell your president to pardon...
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...
