Trump Reversed Hormuz Plan After Saudis Denied Airspace Access
Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.
The exchange was the latest twist in a week of mixed signals in the region and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump searches for an off-ramp in the war that he started.
The escalating attacks raise the threat that the cease-fire could break down.
“I think we know that we are in increasingly disorderly times,” the billionaire investor Ray Dalio says on “Interesting Times,” where he tells the columnist Ross Douthat why he’s pessimistic about America’s future.
The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.
The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and give the two countries 30 days to hammer out a comprehensive deal, according to three Iranian officials.
The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said late Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American response to a 14-point Iranian proposal to end the war and would give its response to Pakistan, a key mediator.
An Iranian official said that Tehran would convey its reply through Pakistan, a key mediator. Another Iranian official had earlier dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.
An Iranian official said that Tehran would convey its reply through Pakistan, a key mediator. Another Iranian official earlier dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.
Our most transactional president is having trouble processing.
We are living in an ugly era of ugly choices.
Investors waited for news on the situation in the Middle East, as the U. S. and Iran gave mixed signals on peace negotiations.
The administration’s latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.
The administration’s latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.
The U. S. military is essentially on standby as officials give contradictory signals about the status of the Iran war effort.
U. S. Central Command and the ship’s owner disagreed on whether the vessel coordinated safe passage with the United States military.
Guido Reichstadter was protesting the U. S. -Israel war in Iran on top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.
Nothing was disclosed about the peace plan, and there were conflicting signals from the Iranians about how seriously they were taking it.
Tehran says it can endure the pain, but its oil may soon have nowhere to go.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, hopes the Strait of Hormuz can reopen even before the U. S. -Iran war formally ends.