Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand
The Iran expert Suzanne Maloney explains how Iran views the war, and why the United States is losing.
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Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Problem
Our White House reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs parses some of President Trump’s conflicting messages about the war with Iran.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
President Trump’s prime-time address received a defiant response from a top leader in Tehran.
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Trump Says Opening the Strait of Hormuz ‘Should Be Easy.’ Will It?
President Trump is asking U. S. allies to “go to” the Strait of Hormuz “and just take it.
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Arab Countries Want the U.N. to Authorize Force to Open the Strait of Hormuz. The Idea Hit Roadblocks.
Several permanent members of the Security Council opposed the resolution, drafted by Bahrain in coordination with its Gulf neighbors, officials said.
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Trump Hails Destruction of Iranian Bridge, Warning ‘More to Follow’
Fars, a semiofficial news agency, said eight people had been killed in the attack and dozens wounded.
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Trump’s Positive Thinking Won’t End This War
President Trump’s Wednesday night address about the war in Iran is evidence of how poorly his war of choice is going, the columnist Jamelle Bouie argues.
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Why Trump’s Iran Address Failed to Soothe Markets
Oil surged and stocks sold off after the president delivered an unclear case for continuing the war in the Middle East.
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Trump Asserts War in Iran Is ‘Nearing Completion’
During a prime-time address on Wednesday, President Trump said the United States was on track for completing its military objectives in Iran, but offered no clear timeline to end the war.
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Transcript: Trump’s Speech on Iran War
The president made his case for the U. S. attack, and said that the main objectives had been achieved.
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Oil Prices Jump and Stocks Drop After Trump’s White House Speech
President Trump claimed in a White House address that the war on Iran was “nearing completion” but made no new announcements about the conflict.
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What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Wednesday.
Formidable strikes rocked Tehran early Wednesday morning. Iran launched what its state-aligned media called one of the largest attacks on Israel yet, damaging several cities.
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Trump Laid Out Five Goals for the Iran War. Here’s Where They Stand.
The United States and Israel have done significant damage to Iran’s military capabilities. But Iran still fires missiles, has nuclear material and coordinates with militias in the region.
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Trump’s Endgame in Iran?
We look at what has changed, and what hasn’t, as a result of the joint U. S. -Israeli war against Iran.
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Pentagon Is Doubling Fleet of A-10 Attack Planes in Middle East
The slow-moving A-10 “Warthog” is a close-air support plane that could be used to help U. S. ground forces seize territory near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iraqi Kidnappers of Journalist Shelly Kittleson Offer to Negotiate
The Iranian-aligned militia, Kataib Hezbollah, is pressing for the release of members detained by the Iraqi government in exchange for freeing the journalist, Shelly Kittleson.
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Placing U.S. Troops in Middle East Hotels May Violate Laws of War
U. S. commanders have kept many troops away from bases in the region to protect them from Iran’s ballistic missile attacks.
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U.S. Is Weighing Leaving NATO, Trump Says
In an interview with The Telegraph, a British newspaper, President Trump said that he was considering pulling the United States out of NATO alliance over the war in Iran.
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Markets Bet Big on a Quick End to the Iran War
Global markets rallied as President Trump signaled that the United States may stop fighting soon. But big questions remain about lingering damage.
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Our Troops Deserve More Than This
We owe it to American service members and their families to be truthful about the risks involved and why we are at war.