Iran War
Keep up on the latest developments with the Iran War.
Saudi crown prince goes to Egypt for support amid Houthi strikes, and other Mideast developments
Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline will be largely shut down for weeks as it is repaired after attacks by Iranian-b…
Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed
Hours before the attack, Iran’s government remained defiant. “Our people can’t be bullied into submission. Iran won’t surrender,” President Masoud Pezeshkian s…
Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis seize an island in a key strait, opening a new front in the Iran war
The capture of Mayun, a tiny, barren volcanic island inside the strait also known as Perim, was confirmed by a senior military official with Yemen’s internatio…
USS Lincoln crew hits the streets of Thai beach city after lengthy Middle East deployment
After clambering down from buses, laden with luggage, several service members told The Associated Press they were excited to be in Thailand. Vendors and tra…
Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit
American military resources are stretched and political pressure in Washington is mounting, while Iran's economy has been battered by sanctions and an American…
US strikes targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action
Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and its joint military command, however, said the armed forces would deliver what they described as “crushing and devastating…
United Arab Emirates intercepts an Iranian drone, and other news from the Middle East
After more than a month with no significant fighting, the U.S. attacked rocket launchers on an Iranian island on Sunday, saying they were preparing to launch m…
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
Later, Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Th…
6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
Iran’s new leaders evince little faith in any agreement with Trump — after coming under attack twice while holding talks — and they may be bracing for another …
Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he says he's in no hurry
As the conflict grinds on, Trump's talk of finding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed this week that he's “not in a hurry” to get Ir…
Regional powers seek off-ramp from Iran war, and other Middle East developments
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was in Tehran on Thursday as part of Qatar's efforts to resolve the conflict between the United States and Iran.
Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal with Oman, and other Middle East news
Iran and Oman have reached a potential agreement for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz that would exclude military vessels from traversing the vita…
Iran's gas lines are growing, but there's no sign so far that its leaders will bow to US sanctions
The latest U.S. measures are aimed at wringing concessions from the Islamic Republic nearly six months into the war launched by President Donald Trump and Isra…
Iran warns of a harsh response to anticipated US sanctions and other Middle East news
Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfare
Whether this intensifying economic pressure will translate anytime soon into military or political concessions from Iran remains to be seen — but some experts …