Iran israel war

Not total victory, but a new reality: How Israel reshaped its war with Iran

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Israel did not achieve all its war aims against Iran, but it emerged more secure, with its fiercest enemy badly weakened and the regional balance shifting in its favor.

‘THOSE WHO lionize Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will portray the operation as an unmitigated success; those who loathe them will dismiss it as a total failure. The sober truth lies in between.’ Here, Netanyahu speaks to the media in Jerusalem in March.
US SECRETARY of State Marco Rubio meets with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte at the State Department in Washington DC, on Wednesday. The Western alliance is brain-dead, and a new one will have to come in its place, the writer argues.

Middle Israel: What comes after NATO? The fall of the Western alliance's era - opinion

The Callisto tanker sits anchored as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 10, 2026.

Trump, Starmer discuss reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.

Nearly 30,000 property damage claims filed since start of Operation Roaring Lion


As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz - analysis

"This war will be remembered as Trump's grave strategic miscalculation. One whose consequences reshaped the region in unintended ways," Middle East scholar Fawaz Gerges told Reuters.

AN IRANIAN flag flutters in the breeze

Spain condemns Israeli strikes in Lebanon, ramps up opposition to Iran conflict

Spain's opposition to the conflict in Iran has further strained its relations with Washington, and figures within the MAGA movement are increasingly urging the US leader to punish Madrid.

 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after attending a special summit of European Union leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on goods from a list of EU countries over his demands

Israel offered to check itself in Lebanon strikes to promote Iran ceasefire, VP Vance claims

Vance added that Israel's actions were not because Lebanon was included in the ceasefire. "The Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn't," he clarified.

US VICE President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 202

Global markets rally, oil drops below $100 after US-Iran ceasefire

The main oil barrel indexes show a 15% average fall, while most markets worldwide, especially Asian markets, are opening up during early trading hours.

Oil barrels and several hundred dollars; Illustrative.

Jewish groups condemn Trump’s threat that a ‘whole civilization will die’ in Iran

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump's comments on the Iran war "betrayal" of American values and a "moral failure."

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.

The Orphan Pearl: How a blockade of Kharg Island could bring Iran to its knees - opinion

Kharg Island controls virtually the entire flow of Iran’s crude oil exports. In many ways, it is the piece that keeps the regime alive.

A satellite image shows damage on Kharg Island, Iran, after US strikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, March 14, 2026.

Hormuz war pushing millions into poverty, warns Bahrain Foreign Minister

Since the onset of the war with Iran, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has declined by more than 90%, a disruption that the UN warns could send 45 million people worldwide into acute hunger.

A worker rides a bicycle at the Zubair oil field in Basra, Iraq, April 6, 2026.

Mike Huckabee thanks Netanyahu for Israel's role in pilot rescue operation

"US SF carried out brilliant op," Huckabee said, adding "IDF & Mossad were helpful partners in the mission."

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Trump says Iran can be taken out in one night, reveals details on fighter pilots' rescue mission

Trump has threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it did not make a deal by the end of Tuesday that would allow traffic to start moving again through the vital route for global energy supplies.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on, as they hold a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026.

Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant undamaged from recent nearby strike, atomic watchdog confirms

The atomic watchdog said that the confirmation was based on its independent analysis of new satellite imagery and detailed knowledge of the site, adding that one strike had hit only 75 meters away.

 Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025.