Explainers
USS George H.W. Bush Arrives — Three US Aircraft Carriers Are Now in the Middle East
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush completed one of the longest carrier deployments in recent US Navy history on Thursday, arriving in the...
Pentagon Tells Congress: Clearing Hormuz Mines Will Take Six Months — After Any Deal
The economic damage of the Iran war will not end when the diplomacy does. The Pentagon delivered a classified briefing to Congressional lawmakers this...
The “Indefinite” Ceasefire Has a Hidden Deadline — Iran Has 3 to 5 Days to Engage
The headline said "indefinite." The Truth Social post said "until such time as their proposal is submitted." But inside...
White House: Iran seizing non-US ships is “not a ceasefire violation” — the logic explained
Iran fired on three commercial ships and seized two of them in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday morning....
Why Trump Said “No Extension” and Then Extended It — The Logic Behind the Reversal
The most predictable unpredictable development of the Iran war has happened again. Trump set a hard deadline. He threatened...
Ceasefire Expires TONIGHT — Vance Heads to Islamabad as Iran’s Attendance Remains Uncertain
Today is the day the Iran war's diplomatic clock runs out. The two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan on April...
Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Takes Effect — Beirut Celebrates
For the first time in six weeks, the guns fell quiet in Lebanon. A 10-day ceasefire brokered by the...
Israel and Lebanon Hold First Direct Talks in 40 Years — What’s at Stake in Washington Today
In the same city where the biggest diplomacy of the Iran war is being managed, a parallel and almost...