Five Countries Were Personally Lobbying Trump to Stop the Iran Strikes. Here’s What Each One Had to Lose.
Beyond MBS’s direct call to Trump, Axios reported that Qatar, the UAE, Turkey, and Pakistan all separately pressed both the […]
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While Trump Was Deciding Whether to Bomb Iran, Israel Left a Crater at a Hospital in Gaza.
CNN confirmed that Israeli strikes hit Hamas weapon storage facilities in overnight operations across Gaza Saturday — the same night
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Called Trump Personally, Hours Before a War Plan Was Set to Launch. It Worked.
Axios confirmed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman placed a direct personal call to President Trump expressing serious concern
Two Congress Members on Sunday TV. One Line. One Split. Here’s Exactly Where Parties Divide on Iran.
On the same Sunday as Trump’s cancellation announcement, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Republican Representative Mike Turner of
The State Department Told Americans to Leave the Middle East. Then the Attack Was Canceled. Then Iran Denied the Deal.
The sequence of events on Saturday, August 2, was a masterclass in geopolitical whiplash for anyone trying to make real-time
Rubio Said Iran Was Facing “a Different Kind of President.” 48 Hours Later, Trump Pulled Back the Strikes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared on Fox News’s “Journal Editorial Report” arguing that Iran now confronts “a different kind
Trump Said Israel Is “In This Commitment” With Him on Iran. Israel Hasn’t Confirmed That.
Trump’s Truth Social cancellation post included a specific claim: “The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment.” The planned
Trump Said Iran Agreed to a Deal. Iran Said: No We Didn’t. Here’s What’s Actually True.
Within hours of Trump announcing that Iran had agreed to a deal and that this was why he was canceling
Trump Was Hours From Bombing Iran’s Power Grid. Then He Stopped. The World Is Still Figuring Out Why.
On Saturday night, President Trump announced he had called off what he described as one of the most powerful bombing
The Group Behind This Week’s Water Attacks Has Done This Before. Here’s Their Full Track Record.
CyberAv3ngers — a hacking group affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — has a documented history of attacking water