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News and Analysis 7/20/26
Iran war updates: US Bombing of Iran Expands as American Troops Killed and Tehran Retaliates Against the Gulf States (AP) Iran Attacks US Gulf Allies, Causing a Fire at Kuwait Power Plant (Aljazeera) Iran Accuses US of Violating International Law After Strike on Nuclear Plant (Middle East Eye) Tehran and Washington Face a ‘Wake Up…
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News and Analysis 7/19/26
“The casualties, which bring the U.S. military’s death toll from the Iran war to 16, are the first American combat deaths since a tentative deal … was reached in April” … 2 U.S. Service Members Killed, 1 Missing in Iranian Attack on Jordan (Washington Post) … “The flurry of attacks and the losses they have…
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News and Analysis 7/18/26
Iran war updates: US and Iran Escalate Strikes Across Mideast (AP) As U.S. Strikes Bridges in Iran, It Targets a Water Desalination Plant in Kuwait (PBS) US-Iran War: UN Chief Calls for New Diplomatic Push Following Attacks on Civilian Areas (UN) Iran Claims 2 Oil Tankers Exploded After Hitting Mines in Hormuz, US Denies (NDTV)…
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News and Analysis 7/17/26
Iran war updates: US Hits More Bridges in Iran in an Expansion of Its Airstrike Campaign (AP) Iran Threatens Region’s Infrastructure as U.S. Strikes Expand (Washington Post) Iran Used Ad Tracking To Hunt American Soldiers: Report (Reason) Iran Condemns ‘Barbaric’ US Attack near Children’s Cancer Hospital (Aljazeera) Civilian Casualties and Housing Damage in Iran (NIAC)…
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News and Analysis 7/16/26
Trump decides he doesn’t want to negotiate just as American weapon stocks are down … Trump on Ending Iran War: ‘I Don’t Want to Negotiate Now’ (The Hill) US Expands Strikes into Northern Iran and Disables Ship Trying to Run Blockade (AP) Trump Says He May Try to ‘Wipe Out’ Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (Time) As…
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News and Analysis 7/15/26
The Iran War resumes/continues, Congressional concerns notwithstanding: Trump Withdraws Hormuz Tolls Threat but Says US Will Continue to Blockade Iran (The Guardian) Trump Threatens Strikes on Iranian Bridges, Power Plants (Deutsche Welle) ‘Enough Is Enough’: Lawmakers Criticize Trump over Resumption of Iran War (Time) Senate Dems Block Defense Bill in Protest of Iran War (Politico)…
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News and Analysis 7/14/26
The resumption of war is now official … Trump Notifies Congress of New War Against Iran (Politico) US Attacks Iran and Tehran Retaliates Across the Middle East as Both Vie for Control of Strait (AP) … but this time Trump not only steals Iran’s blockade idea, but their toll on shipping as well: Trump Reimposes…
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News and Analysis 7/13/26
The Iran War is heating up: Iran Launches Attacks on Gulf States After Heaviest U.S. Strikes in Months (Washington Post) Satellite Images Show Damage to US Gulf Bases as Iran, America Continue Strikes (The Medialine) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Claim to Destroy US HIMARS Missile Launchers in Kuwait (Andalu Ajansi) Jordan Says It Shot Down Four…
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News and Analysis 7/12/26
“The Iranian navy has said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after firing on a vessel transiting an ‘unapproved route.’ In response, the US launched a third set of strikes on Iran this week”: Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, US Launches Fresh Strikes (Deutsche Welle) “India described the continued attacks on ships as deeply worrisome…
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News and Analysis 7/11/26
“No one claimed responsibility Friday for airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks, leaving questions about who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic”: It’s a Mystery Who Launched the Latest Airstrikes Against Iran (AP) “[T]he most sparks flew when the two were pressed about Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military…