The US intelligence community believes that among the biggest threats to America's national security is the rise of radicalized home-grown lone wolf actors.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday offered rare confirmation that his government has sent 200 Ukrainian air defense experts to the Middle East, where they are helping allies to counteract Iranian drone attacks, and on the cheap.
The oil spike has moderated and markets are mellow for the time being, but could the long-term economic consequences of this war just be getting started?
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN), the blue-water force built for conventional combat, has been pummeled by American and Israeli strikes, although its submarine fleet remains viable.
NATO should have been disbanded when the Warsaw Pact was disbanded in 1991. Its continuance has been a drain on the American people ever since. But the Empire, despite its protestations, gains many benefits from keeping NATO around. NATO is one of th
Crude oil futures rose in overnight trading, with Brent nearly reaching $105 per barrel and WTI climbing as high as $98.42 per barrel, as Iran intensified drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf.
Iran's supreme leader says the US and Israel 'must be brought to their knees and accept defeat' before any peace deal can be agreed, Tehran claims - with new Ayatollah still yet to be seen
Iran taunts Trump, saying he should rename Operation Epic Fury as Epic Fear because he won't put boots on the ground: 'War is decided on the field, not in tweets'
The Israeli military killed two top Iranian security officials in separate overnight strikes, multiple reports Tuesday indicate, further eroding the Islamic dictatorship's senior leadership and command structure.
Donald Trump's top counterterrorism official has resigned in protest over the Iran war, accusing Israel of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tsvetana Paraskova
The federal Iraqi government is in contact with Iran to persuade Tehran to allow some Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq's Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani said on Tuesday.
The United States and Israel launched a "pre-emptive" joint missile attack on Iran on Feb. 28, in what has been described as "the largest regional concentration of American military firepower in a generation."
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Alastair Crooke
The US-Israeli stand-off air-strike model of waging war is being challenged by a quite different strategic asymmetric war – one first planned by Iran more than 20 years ago.
US Iran War Live Updates: The conflict in West Asia entered its third week, with fighting expanding across several fronts and raising fears of a wider regional escalation.
As is becoming clearer from President Trump's own statements and those of his staff, along with press reporting, the US has launched a major war without the input of the experts we pay to advise the President on such matters.
Iranian Foreign Minister Responds to Kharg Island Attack, Says Strait of Hormuz is Open to All Countries Except US and Israel After Trump Urges Countries to Send Warships to Strait (VIDEO)
After declaring several times that the US has completely won the war against Iran, President Trump has now backtracked, begging other countries to help open the Straits of Hormuz closed by Iran in response to the US/Israeli sneak attack. Thus far no