Coordinated barrages by Iran and Hezbollah suggest the axis is still functioning. Washington signals escalation ahead, but diplomacy remains on the table
Online content about Israel and Iran in the first days of the war has been overwhelmingly false or AI-generated, revealing much about the world users wish they lived in
The ADL's Center on Extremism reported a rapid convergence of far-right and far-left groups promoting narratives of "Zionist control" and "Operation Epstein Fury" following military action in Iran.
Turkey said 'that we reserve the right to respond to any hostile actions against our country' • The incident marks the first time that NATO member Turkey, Iran's neighbor to the northwest, has been drawn into the conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel
A drive to rebuild the houses destroyed in the first war between Israel and Iran through urban renewal projects led to the drafting of groundbreaking legislation. However, internal government infighting, followed by exasperating foot-dragging in the Knesset, has left the bill nowhere near approval, with the newly displaced asked to keep on waiting
Americans, including many Republicans, remember the bitter lessons of U.S. wars in the Middle East after September 11. Trump may have shifted attention from other issues, but as days pass, the Iran war is proving far more complex and could easily spiral out of control
White House officials conducted damage control throughout Tuesday after a clip surfaced of Rubio saying the U.S. was effectively drawn into the conflict with Iran due to planned Israeli action, sparking political backlash and confusion over Washington's military rationale
Israeli and American cyber units reportedly infiltrated Iranian surveillance networks, and in some cases used AI to lay the groundwork for the strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. At the same time, Iran is also investing heavily in cyberwar operations which increasingly shape modern warfare
The outrage over the American strikes in Iran has not been limited to Democrats. Some prominent voices in Trump's America First camp, like Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Steve Bannon, are questioning the administration's claim that Iran posed an imminent threat
One Likud source said that the PM would want to go to elections right after the military campaign in order to leverage the Iran war. Meanwhile, the opposition Democrats party appealed to the Knesset speaker to suspend committee discussions related to the coalition's contentious judicial overhaul plans until the war is over
U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that Trump spoke with Kurdish leaders in Iran on Sunday, and is engaging with other leaders in an ongoing basis who could take advantage of the regime's weakness
We must hope that this confrontation opens a new chapter defined by accountability, security, and the possibility of genuine peace, in Iran and the whole region
Speaking with Fox News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Trump, saying the strikes against Iran 'wouldn't happen' without him
The top U.S. diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia was hit a day after the embassy in Kuwait was targeted ■ The expanding conflict has killed hundreds of people, the vast majority in Iran
For some, the moment feels existential: 'If Iran falls, all of us will,' one woman said. But for a war-tired country, sectarian tensions seethe under the pressure of displacement and uncertainty
Samidoun condemned the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, while SJP called on chapters to mobilize to "defend Iran’s sovereignty, and break the zionist war machine."
While a desire to see the Ayatollah regime in Iran come to an end contributed to Saturday's strike, the looming election and a set of unflattering polls also weighed heavily on the Israeli PM ■ 'The road to the polling stations runs through Washington and Tehran,' one minister said
In the Trump administration's first news briefing since Saturday's strikes against Iran, Pete Hegseth said the operation's mission was to 'destroy the missile threat' from Iran along with its navy and ensure the regime has 'no nukes,' while a top military general said that the U.S. expects to have additional losses
While Tasnim, an Iranian news agency linked to the Revolutionary Guards, frames Iran as defensively responding to U.S. and Israeli aggression, opposition media abroad celebrate Khamenei's death and Arab outlets question Iran's leadership