Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Outmatched militarily, Iran used “triangular coercion” by attacking Gulf states and closing the Strait of Hormuz. It points to a long-term U.S. vulnerability.

If you want to understand how Donald Trump is managing the Iran war, a glimpse at the president’s recent public statements tells you all you need to know. On Thursday alone, he boasted that the United States and Israel are “totally destroying” Iran ...

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The lack of a clear, coherent reason for this war is bad for the Jews. Overstatement? Consider that Tucker Carlson is now blaming Chabad — yes, Chabad — for the conflict. Yesterday the watchdog organization The Nexus Project released a series of posts ...

Food security expert Florian Ulrich Jehn explains how nuclear war would impact the global food trade, arguing that it is not morally misplaced for countries that do not possess nuclear weapons to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear winter.

The war with Iran has prompted many questions about what comes next. Will the Islamic Republic regime survive? What could replace it? Will Iran dissolve into chaos? What does this all mean for the Arab Gulf states, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, and the rest of ...

People clear rubble in a house in Tehran's Beryanak District on March 15, 2026, after it was damaged by missile attacks two days earlier in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran Reporter The United States has spent at least $12 billion on its war with Iran ...

Oil prices dropped on Tuesday after Donald Trump called off a planned attack on Iran. Gulf allies had urged restraint from Washington. This eased fears of a supply crisis. Oil prices are down after