Iran Mediators Offer Plan to Ease Lebanon, Hormuz Tensions
BÜRGENSTOCK, Switzerland—Iran and the U.S. agreed to a mechanism to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, mediators…
Iran War: Middle East Is Diverging Between U.S. and Chinese Interests
The term “Middle East” reflects the region’s historical centrality to Western powers. Popularized in 1902 by the U.S.…
We Parsed Trump’s Shifting Rhetoric on the Iran War
At the start of the U.S. war against Iran, President Trump released a video in which he boldly…
Iran’s War Victory Against the United States Is More Pyrrhic Than It Looks
The emerging U.S.-Iranian cease-fire framework invites a deceptively simple question: Who won the war? It is also the…
Israel Has a Plan to Counter Trump’s Peace Deal With Iran and Keep Calling Its Own Shots
Israel has a plan to insulate its security relationship from the United States as U.S. President Donald Trump,…
Israel Has a Plan to Counter Trump’s Peace Deal With Iran and Keep Calling Its Own Shots
Israel has a plan to insulate its security relationship from the United States as U.S. President Donald Trump,…
Iran Threatens to Pull Out of Talks After Israel Strikes Beirut’s Outskirts
TEL AVIV—President Trump rebuked Israel on Sunday after Israel struck Beirut in response to Hezbollah drone attacks, calling…
Iran and Israel Halt Exchanges of Fire
TEL AVIV—Iran and Israel ended multiple exchanges of fire Monday but left open the possibility of resuming attacks…
Trump’s Israel-Lebanon Dilemma in the Iran War
U.S. President Donald Trump has become a passenger in the Iran war, despite insisting that he remains behind…
Everyone Is Waiting for Trump’s Board of Peace and Plan for Gaza and Israel to Die
In October, U.S. President Donald Trump helped to secure a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel and, amid much…
House and Senate Appear Closer to Voting to End Trump’s Iran War
The U.S. Congress is verging closer to voting to end President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. If that…
Trump Can’t Fix the Iran War Energy Hangover Even With a Deal
Regardless of how close the United States and Iran really are to a durable peace agreement, or what…