Hezbollah sharply escalated its attacks on March 11, launching scores of rockets into northern Israel in one of its largest barrages since joining the war on Iran’s side on March 1. The salvo was timed...
President Trump now sees that clearly
Iranians Urged To Pledge Allegiance to New Leader: Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of eliminated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been appointed to replace his father. Iran’s Assembly of Experts released a statement calling on Iranians to “keep unity and pledge allegiance to the new supreme leader.” Trump Says ‘He’s Not Going To Last Long’: President Donald Trump said that Iran is “going to have to get approval from us” regarding the appointment of its next leader. “If he doesn’t get approval from us, he’s not going to last long. We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me that’s not going to do it,” Trump stated. More Hardline Than His Father: “Mojtaba is expected to be more hardline than his father, and his ascent means the Iranian regime may get more repressive,” Axios observed. The younger Khamenei was sanctioned by the United States in 2019 for having “acted for or on behalf of” his father.
Reports from Beirut suggest Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar is considering “legal action” against Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Qassem. For decades Hezbollah, a proxy of the clerical regime in...
Trump Emphasizes ‘No Deal’ With Regime: President Donald Trump said on March 6 that the United States would make “no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.” Trump...
Hezbollah built much of its political legitimacy on the claim that it forced Israel to withdraw from its “security zone” in southern Lebanon in 2000. The group’s decision to now join Iran’s war...
America has been here before. A righteous cause. A brutal enemy. Military success that races ahead of political planning. Then comes the gradual shift in military and political objectives known as ‘mission...
Trump Rejects Islamic Republic Request for Talks: President Donald Trump said of Iran on March 3, “Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said, ‘Too Late!’” In a separate interview with Politico the same day, Trump asserted that Iran is “running out of launchers” for its ballistic missiles. “They’re running out and they’re running out of areas to shoot them,” he stated. “Because they’re being decimated.” IDF Strikes Targets Across Iran: The Israeli military said on March 3 that it had attacked “sites used by the regime to produce weapons, with an emphasis on ballistic missile production sites” in Tehran. The IDF also reportedly struck “the building that hosts the body of religious experts whose primary role is to select Iran’s new supreme leader.” Clashes With Hezbollah Intensify: The IDF also announced “extensive strikes on infrastructures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in Lebanon since Hezbollah “chose to join the campaign [against Israel] and act on behalf of Iran.” The IDF said one of its strikes eliminated Daoud Ali Zada, deputy commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), “the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Iranian operations in Lebanon.”
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...
What began as a theocracy could harden into an overt military dictatorship.
Israel has emerged as the Middle East’s preeminent military power just as the U.S. seeks to reduce its permanent footprint in the region.
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....
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...
The second convening of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on February 19 was intended to highlight progress toward a post-war vision for Gaza. The event featured detailed presentations...
Tehran strings Washington along in diplomatic talks, but President Trump’s advantage is his willingness to use force.
President Donald Trump convened his Board of Peace on Thursday, announcing new commitments to fund Gaza’s reconstruction and provide troops for a Gaza stabilization force. But so far, everyone’s...
Deliberations in Muscat: Delegations from the United States and Iran convened in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6 for indirect talks addressing the tensions sparked by...
On Monday, the recovery of the body of Israeli Master Sgt. Ran Gvili — the last remaining hostage held in Gaza — marked a defining moment in its war against Hamas. It fulfilled a sacred...