The CIA provided an assessment to the White House that Iran would be able to hold out against the US blockade for months before suffering more severe economic hardships. President Donald Trump has claimed that the blockade will force Tehran to comply with his...

An Israeli airstrike killed the son of Hamas’s chief negotiator in Gaza on Wednesday.  Reuters reported that Azzam Al-Hayya, son of Khalil Al-Hayya, had been killed. The Israeli strike on Gaza City killed at least one other Palestinian. Azzam is the fourth son of...

President Donald Trump paused the operation to assist commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz just hours after it was announced because key Gulf allies withdrew their support.  According to two US officials speaking with NBC News, Saudi Arabia informed the US...

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 Fury...

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...