While oil exports from the Middle East have reportedly exceeded pre-war levels, attacks on tankers in or near the Strait of Hormuz have also risen over the past week, with at least 11 coming under attack since last Monday, according to a count from The New York Times....
Pentagon Confirms the US Has Withdrawn All Bombers From UK Air Base
The Pentagon has confirmed that the US has withdrawn all of its bombers from a UK air base following a security incident near the base last month. A Pentagon spokesperson told CBS News that all US bombers have been withdrawn from RAF Fairford, from which the US has...
Pentagon Raises Combat Pay for the First Time Since 2002 as Iran War Continues
The Pentagon has raised combat pay for US troops for the first time since 2002, Task & Purpose has reported, as the Iran war continues and another round of escalation between the US and Iran appears to be coming. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the pay...
Araghchi Denies Report That Iranian Delegation Was ‘Kicked Out’ of the US After the UN General Assembly
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denied a report from Axios that claimed members of the Iranian delegation who attended the UN General Assembly in New York City were "kicked out" of the country. The report from Axios reporter Barak Ravid, which...
Three Ships Struck in the Strait of Hormuz as IRCG Says US Isn’t Responding to Attacks
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday that three ships had been struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) suggested it has been continuing daily attacks on vessels in the...
Axios: US Officials Think Trump Could Order Resumption of Full-Scale Bombing of Iran After Midterms
US officials believe President Trump could order a return to "major combat operations" against Iran after the midterm elections, as Qatar-mediated negotiations have made little progress, Axios reported on Tuesday. Iran has maintained that it's ready to fully open the...
Trump Denies That He Has Offered Iran Sanctions Relief for Nuclear Concessions
President Trump on Monday denied a report from Axios that said he had offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuclear concessions, calling it a "hoax." "Axios just released a story that 'Trump' offered Sanctions Relief and Frozen Funds to Iran. This is untrue. I...
Report: US Marines Injured by Iranian Attack on Ship in the Strait of Hormuz
NBC News reported on Sunday night that eight US Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian missile hit a ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz. The report, which cited unnamed US officials, said the Marines sustained smoke inhalation and...
Trump Says He’s Rejecting Iran’s Seven-Day Proposal To Open the Strait of Hormuz and End War
President Trump said on Sunday that he was "rejecting" a proposal from Iran to end the war and fully open the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, comments that came after The Wall Street Journal reported that he's expecting to resume bombing Iran after the midterm...
‘We All Die Anyway’: Tucker Carlson Recounts Conversation With President Trump Days Before Iran War Started
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in an interview with NPR, published on Thursday, that in the days before the US and Israel launched the war with Iran, President Trump dismissed Carlson's concerns about the conflict by saying, "We all die anyway." Carlson said...


