Middle Orient

On February 28, the US and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran. In a video message, President Donald Trump said the campaign aimed to “eliminate threats from the Iranian regime” and would target Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile capabilities, naval forces, and proxies. Speaking to the Iranian people, he …

He went big. On Saturday morning, US and Israeli forces unleashed Operation Epic Fury, what US President Donald Trump called “a massive and ongoing” campaign against Iran. He called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime once the fighting is done. Iran responded quickly by attacking Israel and US …

It’s rare that the citizens of a country under attack venture into the streets to cheer the enemy’s bombs, but that’s what happened in Iran in the hours after the United States and Israel launched a comprehensive attack on the ruling regime. In parts of Tehran and other cities, ordinary …

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign …

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response …

US President Donald Trump announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in comments that came after reports of an Israeli-American bombing targeting the compound where the Iranian leader resides in the capital Tehran. Trump said Khamenei “was one of the most evil figures in history,” adding that Washington …

For decades, Iran has targeted and killed Americans and US allies. Its proxies took hostages. It attacked ships in the Gulf of Oman. Now, America is responding. US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US had begun major combat operations against Iran yesterday was different from his comments in the …

Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Hezbollah fired a large wave of rockets into northern Israel, marking its first major attack since the November 2024 ceasefire, on Monday. The rockets hit several areas near the border, and air raid sirens sounded across the region. In response, Israel pounded Beirut. This marks a …

Smoke rose over Tehran after an Israeli strike near Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office, sparking questions about his whereabouts. Israel launched a daylight strike on Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Saturday. Smoke was seen rising from downtown areas of the city. One of the first reported blasts happened near the office of …

Moscou met en garde contre d’éventuelles tentatives de Kiev de saboter des gazoducs clés en mer Noire. Mais pour la France et l’Europe, ce n’est pas simplement un nouvel épisode de la guerre informationnelle – c’est un signal sur la vulnérabilité critique des infrastructures énergétiques dont dépend encore le bien-être …