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March 2, 2026 ‘They’re Attacking Our Embassies Directly’: Rubio Highlights Iranian Missile Salvos as U.S. Urges Citizens to Leave Middle East Rubio Defends Strikes, Warns of Iran’s Potential Capabilities: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at a March 2 press conference to imagine the capabilities Iran... March 2, 2026 Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes Spare Turkey, Tehran’s Quiet Ally Within the North Atlantic Treaty Excerpt Call President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sentimental, if not cynical: he wants you to think he’s had a uniquely rough week. The death of a good friend, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly left... March 2, 2026 Operation Epic Fury and the future of the Middle East March 2, 2026 Egypt Offers a Mix of Messages About the U.S.-Israel War in Iran When the United States and Israel began Operation Epic Fury early on February 28, Egypt remained conspicuously quiet. The hesitation reflected Egypt’s competing pressures: a strategic partnership with... March 2, 2026 Russia Watches Iran War From the Sidelines — Again Amid its all-consuming war in Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly found itself struggling to shape other global events — from the Caucasus to the Middle East to Latin America. Moscow is now again watching from the sidelines as the United States and Israel seek to topple the regime in Iran, potentially dealing a further blow to Russian interests. In the short term, though, the Middle East conflict carries greater risk for Ukraine, since it could divert U.S. attention and military resources. March 2, 2026 ‘The Big One is Coming Soon’: Trump Warns Heavier Strikes on Tehran Regime Targets Imminent Trump Praises Operation’s Progress: In an interview with CNN on March 2, President Donald Trump assessed that Operation Epic Fury targeting the regime in Iran was “going very... March 2, 2026 Beijing Offers Tehran Lukewarm Rhetorical Support as Iranian Actions Threaten China’s Oil, Trade Flows Actions speak louder than words. But right now, words are all that China can afford to offer the regime in Iran. On March 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader... March 2, 2026 Life Under Iran’s Rockets “A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel,” the Israeli military said on Monday afternoon, three days into a new war with the Islamic... March 2, 2026 Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say Iran targeted them in northern Iraq, claim operations in Iran Kurdish Iranian opposition groups said on March 1 that they have been targeted by drone and missile attacks in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. The attacks took place after the... March 2, 2026 Reimagining and Improving Student Education March 2, 2026 The Arab Case for Israel March 2, 2026 Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: February 23–March 1, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations against Hezbollah throughout Lebanon between February 23 and March 1, 2026. Israeli activities last week were less intense than in preceding... March 2, 2026 The Iranian people deserve better than the procrastination of the Europeans. The fall of tyrants is never clean. But it is still the fall of tyrants.Masoud Zatparvar was 38 years old. A bodybuilder. An Iranian. In his last post, on January 8, 2026, he wrote: “We only... March 2, 2026 Iran expands retaliation for US-Israel campaign across Arab states (February 28–March 2) Iran has responded to the joint United States and Israeli military campaign against it with widespread retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. The Iranian attacks consisted of coordinated drone and... March 2, 2026 Iran Stands At A Crossroads. What Comes Next Could Change Everything. For the first time in 47 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran is leaderless. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — the regime’s 86-year-old supreme dictator — is gone. Eliminated following sustained American... March 2, 2026 Over Iran, U.S. and Israeli Aircraft Fly as Equals President Trump has rightly underscored America’s decisive role in the joint air campaign against Iran. But the operational reality is even more striking: The United States and Israel are flying as... March 1, 2026 Iran’s Regime Is Down, but It Isn’t Out Excerpt With his decision to bomb Iran again, Donald Trump finally put the nail into arms-control diplomacy with Tehran. Negotiations started in 2002, when an Iranian opposition group revealed... March 1, 2026 Hezbollah Deliberates Over Attack on Israel as Further Strikes Hit Iranian Regime Targets Operation “Epic Fury” opened with a well-placed strike against Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s compound in Tehran, eliminating him and several other senior officials. Yet save for sharply worded,... March 1, 2026 Iran’s Desperate Gamble: Widening the War Only hours after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory began, Tehran launched barrages of missiles and drones at the other Gulf states, essentially transforming its neighbors into bargaining chips... March 1, 2026 Khamenei is Gone, But the Regime Isn’t The Tehran regime’s octopus may have lost its head, but its tentacles still grip the country and the region. The joint military campaign by the United States and Israel launched on February 28 has... March 1, 2026 U.S. B-2 Bombers Strike Iran as Israel Claims Air Superiority Over Tehran Skies B-2 Strikes and Iranian Navy Struck: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on March 1 that the U.S. Air Force launched strikes against Iran utilizing B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.... March 1, 2026 Backing the Tehran Regime’s Survival, Turkey Condemns U.S. Strikes on Iran Within hours of the launch of U.S. and Israeli combat operations targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly condemned both the offensive and... March 1, 2026 3 U.S. Service Members Killed in Action as Iranian Regime Expands Regional Assault U.S. Announces Casualties: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that three U.S. service members were killed in action as of 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 1 during... March 1, 2026 Overcoming Division, Arab Gulf States Condemn Iran in Harmony After Being Struck by Missiles Smoke began rising across the Persian Gulf region hours after the United States and Israel launched military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28. Following America’s opening salvo,... March 1, 2026 Palestinian factions mourn death of Iran’s leader, stop short of threatening retaliation Palestinian armed groups issued statements mourning the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military officials who were killed in a joint American-Israeli military... March 1, 2026 Houthis express solidarity with Iran but do not launch retaliatory attacks—yet The Houthis have issued statements in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the start of the US-Israeli military campaign, but have not officially announced military action—instead primarily mobilizing demonstrations... March 1, 2026 US-Israeli campaign hits Iranian regime’s military and repression apparatus, regime forms leadership council (March 1 updates) The joint US and Israeli operation entered its second day, with American forces targeting command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, air defense systems, ballistic... March 1, 2026 Iraqi Shiite militias join the war between Israel, the US, and Iran with drone attacks Iraqi militias claimed 16 drone attacks against “enemy bases in Iraq and the region” following American and Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States and Israel launched a... February 28, 2026 I fled Iran’s terror — Trump’s courage is an answer to my prayers The strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations — they are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny. And... February 28, 2026 Regime change in Iran is underway — and it won’t be easy 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... February 28, 2026 Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Eliminated During Combined U.S.-Israeli Strikes Khamenei Aide Threatens Revenge: President Donald Trump confirmed on February 28 that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been eliminated as the U.S. and Israel... February 28, 2026 What ballistic missiles does Iran have in its arsenal? ... February 28, 2026 Trump’s real endgame isn’t what he said on TV Excerpt After launching a massive military operation against Iran last night, Operation Epic Fury, President Trump delivered a message to Americans that wasn’t merely a regime change... February 28, 2026 US and Israel launch military campaign against Iran, Supreme Leader Khamenei reportedly killed The United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against multiple targets in the Islamic Republic of Iran early on February 28. The Pentagon designated the American... February 28, 2026 First Day of U.S.-Israeli Combined Attack on Iran Signals Regime Change Is the Goal Americans went to bed on Friday, February 27, anticipating continued nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran in Vienna next week. Instead, they woke to a conflict spanning the... February 28, 2026 Joint Attack on Iran Launched by U.S. and Israel Daytime Opening Strikes: The United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28, after negotiations over the regime’s nuclear program failed to yield progress.... February 28, 2026 Russia Should End It’s War To Attend the Next Olympics While the Milano Olympic Games have now reached their end, Putin is celebrating the acquisition of countless new victims in his international influence campaigns. The Kremlin has taken advantage of the... February 27, 2026 What It Will Take to Change the Regime in Iran Excerpt The Islamic Republic of Iran is, quite possibly, at its weakest point since its founding, in 1979. In June, Israeli and U.S. attacks destroyed its uranium enrichment capacity and many of its... February 27, 2026 U.S. Deploys F-22s to Israel as Iran Tries To Intimidate Washington’s Arab Partners In an extraordinary development, the United States deployed up to 12 F-22 fighter aircraft to Israel’s southern Ovda airbase this week after several of America’s Arab partners suggested they would... February 27, 2026 Pakistan, Afghan Taliban move toward ‘open war’ after fighting escalates Heavy clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban-led Afghan government broke out on February 27, with hundreds of casualties reported on both sides of their contested border. The fighting between the two... February 27, 2026 U.S. Prosecution of Chinese Scientists May Have Been Abandoned in Negotiations With Beijing After uncovering Chinese efforts to smuggle biological samples into the country, Washington may have negotiated with Beijing to drop the charges against those allegedly responsible. On February 25,... February 27, 2026 ‘Patience Has Now Run Out’: Pakistan Says It Has Entered ‘Open War’ With Afghan Taliban Border War Between Pakistan and Taliban: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Kabul and other Afghan provinces on February 26, targeting the Taliban... February 27, 2026 Four Years After Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion, Peace Requires Leverage — Not Capitulation Four years ago, Russian armored columns pushed toward Kyiv, expecting a swift collapse of the Ukrainian state. That collapse never came. Russia failed in its central objective. Kyiv did not... February 27, 2026 Prisoner Exchange Between Central Government and Druze Factions is an Opportunity To Cement Stability in Syria After the July 2025 Syrian government offensive in the south of the country that resulted in the deaths of at least 1,000 members of the Druze minority, reconciliation between Damascus and the Druze appeared... February 27, 2026 Trump Touts ‘Peace Through Strength’ in State of the Union, but Results Are Mixed “Peace through strength” is a foreign policy motto that has served President Donald Trump well — when he has adhered to it. In his hyper-partisan State of the Union address on Tuesday, there was... February 27, 2026 Iranian Kurdish groups unite against Tehran regime, Iraqi militias threaten Kurdistan Region Five Kurdish Iranian groups announced the formation of a united coalition against the Tehran regime in a joint press conference on February 22. The press conference was held by leaders... February 27, 2026 How the White House Is Keeping Russia out of the South Caucasus Excerpt Vice President JD Vance’s historic visit to the South Caucasus ended in controversy. Vance deleted a post on X that showed him paying respects at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan,... February 27, 2026 How Turkey’s Aggression in the Horn of Africa Could Benefit Al-Shabaab Israel’s recognition of Somaliland’s independence generated Turkish outrage and condemnation. While official press from Ankara objected to the Israeli decision on the grounds that... February 26, 2026 Gambling Is an Intelligence Asset Excerpt America’s adversaries are always searching for an edge—advance warning of a military strike, a window into classified decision-making, a tool to sow panic in financial markets. They may... February 26, 2026 Reported U.S. Demands on Iran Fall Short of Eliminating Tehran’s Threat During the latest round of indirect talks in Geneva, the United States reportedly presented Iran with demands that fall short of eliminating the Islamic Republic’s nuclear threat. According...

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