Tag: IranWar
Drone Strikes Reported at Egypt’s Damietta LNG Terminal
Drone strikes reportedly set fire to two liquefied-natural-gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta Port on Wednesday, raising the possibility that the 2026 Iran war has reached Egyptian territory for the first time.British maritime-security firm Ambrey told the Associated Press that drones ignited fires aboard a U.S.-owned floating storage and regasification unit…
Saudi Defense Chief Meets Vance After Joint Iraq Strikes
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Wednesday, July 29, a day after Riyadh joined U.S. forces in a joint operation against Iran-aligned groups in Iraq.Axios, citing a source familiar with the meeting, said Khalid carried a message from Crown…
Iran Rejects Oman’s Hormuz Strait Plan
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi rejected Oman's proposal for joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, saying on Iranian state television that it failed to address Tehran's security concerns, according to IranWire. Oman had proposed splitting the shipping lane evenly, with half under Iranian control and half under Omani…
U.S. Missile Shortages Raise Risks From Ukraine to Taiwan
U.S. officials fear Russia and China may factor depleted American missile-interceptor stocks into decisions on Ukraine, Europe and Taiwan, after the Iran war consumed a share of critical air-defense munitions, The New York Times reported Sunday. That is an assessment of strategic risk, not evidence either leader has decided on…
Iran War Enters 13th Night as Talks Continue
The United States and Iran remain locked in overlapping tracks of warfare and negotiation, with President Trump calling talks the "most serious" yet even as US strikes against Iran continued for a 13th consecutive night. "I think they are by far the most serious that we've seen," Trump told reporters…
Houthi Blockade Claims First Tanker Casualty
Yemen's Houthi movement said it struck two Saudi-flagged oil tankers in the Red Sea on July 22, the first tanker attack since it declared a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping two days earlier. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the vessels, the Encelia and the Layla, had violated the blockade order, according…
US Iran War Bill Hits $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the war against Iran has cost the United States approximately $37.5 billion, up from an estimate of roughly $29 billion in mid-May.The revised figure reflects payroll, operations, maintenance, and other anticipated costs through the end of the fiscal…
Trump’s Iran War Risks Becoming a Quagmire
The Trump administration is drifting back toward its original goal of Iranian regime change after months of diplomacy failed to end the war, Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman argued, warning that President Donald Trump's foreign policy legacy is likely to be defined by a conflict for which…
Iran Strikes Widen to Three Gulf States
Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan all reported military activity linked to Iran overnight Monday, as US strikes on Iranian targets entered a tenth consecutive night and widened the conflict's regional footprint. CENTCOM said it completed another round of strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on July 20, according to CENTCOM's…
Trump Warns Iran After US Troop Deaths
President Donald Trump warned Iran will face consequences for killing American service members, after three US troops died in separate incidents over the weekend. Trump said on social media that "every time Iran kills an American Soldier" going forward, "they will pay for that killing many times over," adding that…
