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Trump Joint Base Andrews
Middle East

Pro-American Iranians who want war with US don't quite exist

Polling over time shows why Trump's regime change fantasies never stood a chance

Pope Leo Donald Trump
Middle East

Catholics finally splitting with Trump over Iran war and Israel

It started with Gaza, but the admin's fight with the pope and its insistence that Jesus blesses US bombing raids have put this pillar of the base at serious risk

Strait of Hormuz is open, but economic pain is just beginning
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Strait of Hormuz is open, but economic pain is just beginning

At this week's IMF meetings, world leaders warned of the long-term impacts of the past six weeks of war

Marco Rubio, Michel Issa, Nada Hamadeh, Moawad, Yechiel Leiter
Middle East

Lebanon talks: A 'farce' disguising something much more sinister

What Israel and the US seek is not a peace deal but an agreement to turn the government in Beirut into something like the Palestinian Authority

Trump, Masoud Pezeshkian
Middle East

Is this the grand bargain that could end the Iran war?

The blockades are bad but consider them points of leverage for an actual negotiation. Here is what a positive outcome — for both sides — might look like.

Oman strait of hormuz
Middle East

Oman walks tightrope with Iran across the Strait of Hormuz

Muscat is the only Gulf capital that has remained friendly with Tehran throughout the war. There is a reason for that, and why those relations will persist.