Category Archives: Middle East

Iran War: Trump Threatens More Intense Attacks as Advisors Push for Humanitarian Crisis by Hitting Food and Water Stores; Oil Rises to Over $100 a Barrel; Iran Warns UK; Trump Retrades Saudi Nuclear Deal with Abraham Accord Requirement

Today’s Iran war news: Trump may have aged out of his TACO habits and is readying new, potentially global-economy-wrecking, attacks on Iran.

Pakistan’s US-Iranian Mediation Services Were Just a Bid To Get a Multibillion-Dollar Bailout

As many suspected, Pakistan’s mediation between the US and Iran wasn’t a selfless diplomatic service for regional peace, after all.

Iran War: Trump and Iran Exchange More Threats; Oil at $98 After Ansar Allah Tanker Strikes; House Passes $1.15 Trillion NDAA with Israel “Merger”; Trump Signs Saudi Nuclear Deal

Today’s Iran war news: Yet more threat display as the US moves more assets to the Middle East and Ansar Allah chokes oil supplies further.

Iran War: Iran Rumored to Be Readying Big Attacks as Trump Vows More Escalation and Rubio Disses Talks; Brent Rises to $94 a Barrel as Hormuz Transits Fall, Ships Turn Away from Bab el-Mandeb; Hegseth Fried in Iran Hearings

Today’s Iran war news: How the US is clearly losing military as pressures are rising on the economic and political fronts.

Iran War: Washington Post, Telegraph Confirm US Inability to Sustain War; Ansar Allah Closes Bab el-Mandeb Amid Reports of MBS Dethronement; Possibility of Nuclear Attack on Pickaxe Mountain

Today’s Iran war news: As the US becomes weaker and Iran gets stronger, will the US resort to a nuclear bomb?

Europe’s Heatwave Is Becoming an Energy Crisis

The US escalation in its war against Iran couldn’t come at a worse time for Europe.

Iran War: Brief US Pause Followed by Renewed Strikes as Iran Intensifies Attacks on Bases and Kuwait Desalination; Continued Speculation About US Operation

Today’s Iran war news; The US looks to be gearing up for Something Stupid, as if the mere continuation of the war didn’t suffice.

Iran War: US Sixth Wave of Escalation Strikes Hits Bridges, Civilian Infrastructure, More Promised Next Week; Iran Hits Bahrain Refinery, Signaling Ability to Destroy Gulf Energy Assets; Closure of Bab el-Mandeb Strait Expected

Today’s Iran war news: Trump continues to escalate, with more threatened for next week, apparently out of anger as opposed to with a plan.

Iran War: Strait of Hormuz Traffic Falls as Trump Threatens Infrastructure Strikes; Iran Alleges $9 Billion of Witkoff/Kushner Profits from Negotiation Intel, Demands Cut

Today’s Iran war news: Trump’s bluster increases, evidently to compensate for military impotence.

Senators and Representatives Block $1.15 Trillion Pentagon Bill Over Trump’s Illegal Iran War, Israel Integration

A preliminary success in blocking Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon budget and integrate the IDF.

Iran War: Trump TACOs on Strait of Hormuz Fee as Blockade Starts but Again Threatens to Attack Iran Energy and Critical Infrastructure as Iran Warns of Closure of Bab el-Mandeb, Destruction of Gulf State Energy Production

Today’s Iran war news: Trump’s continued ferocity is way out of line compared to what the US can achieve. So what might transpire?

Iran War: Trump Lashes Himself to Strait of Hormuz Mast With Renewed Blockade, Intensified Attacks on Iran; Oil Crunch Worsens as Iran Halt Fujairah Shipments, Houthis Threaten to Close Bab el-Mandeb

Today’s Iran war news: Trump is indeed making himself Herbert Hoover 2.0 with his latest escalation.

Iran War: What Happens When the US Hits the Limits of Escalation Options?

Today’s Iran war news: The current escalatory trajectory is set to lead only to bad outcomes, yet complacency seems widespread.

Machine Gun-Toting Israeli Settlers Detain Ro Khanna During Trip to Occupied West Bank

“These hoodlums come in with machine guns—M4, an American-made machine gun—and they detain us. They block off the road.”

Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump 24 Hour Ultimatum; US Launches Intense Attacks With Kuwait and Bahrain; Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, Starts Counter-Strikes; Rumors of Mining of Oman Channel

Today’s Iran war news: It looks as if a full-bore war, now over control of the Strait of Hormuz, is on.