Detail-rich David B. Roberts piece about how the Gulf monarchies have prioritized buying fancy high-end air defense systems when, in fact, cheaper, simpler things could have done more to protect them against Iran.
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“Iran and Israel said on Monday they had halted attacks on each other following an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump (…) though Tehran said it would resume strikes if Israel continued to hit Hezbollah in Lebanon.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
“Israel said it struck military targets in western and central Iran on Monday, even after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.”
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An IRGC statement indicates that this was a one-off strike aimed at Israel’s Ramat David Air Base. The IRGC also says any Israeli retaliation will lead Iran to respond more broadly, including through attacks on U.S. targets in the region. www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/...
More Iran-Israel fire, plus a Houthi missile. Won’t stop until Trump wakes up, and then I guess we’ll see?
Worth watching now whether Israeli attacks will be met with Iranian (or “unexplained”) strikes on infrastructure in the Gulf states.
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Iran: “The Zionist army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs, and if it expands its attacks on that region or responds to Iran's actions, it will face more crushing and regrettable blows” tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026...
Interesting @politico.com piece on Congress’s powers over a potential USA-Iran deal, including some that might actually incentivize Trump to *not* front load a war-ending MoU with nuclear stuff. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Israel will respond, sources told the ‘Post’, though Israeli officials are still deciding when and how much. However, a significant Israeli response to Iran’s ceasefire breach is expected.”
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Iranian barrages targeting Israel came after Israeli warplanes struck the outskirts of Beirut, despite the White House publicly signaling its opposition to such strikes.
Iran and Israel said on Monday they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop 'shooting'", though Tehran said it would resume strik...
Israel said on Monday it hit a petrochemical plant in Iran's southwest, along with strikes elsewhere on military targets, after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benja...
Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a full-scale regional war, while Yemen’s Houthi rebels also fired at Israel and ...
Israel will respond, sources told the 'Post', though Israeli officials are still deciding when and how much. However, a significant Israeli response to Iran's ceasefire breach is expected.
While any sort of U.S.-Iran agreement is looking far from imminent, getting negotiators on both sides to yes will only be part of the equation.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Ali Abdollahi warned Israel against further aggression against Lebanon, as Iran hits the occupied territories w...
