War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy

Gaza’s Health Ministry on Tuesday said that Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded 21 over the previous 24 hours as the IDF continues its relentless attacks and constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. Attacks in Gaza over the past day included an overnight bombing in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, that killed […]

Is A New Iron Curtain Inevitable? Authored by Andrew Korybko, Russia’s consequent focus on the western front might embolden US-backed NATO member Turkiye to accelerate its power play in the south at the risk of sparking another regional crisis after Ukraine. Russian Ambassador-at-Large Artyom Bulatov warned in a recent interview that “Westerners, with energy worthy of a better cause, are erecting a new ‘Iron Curtain’, seeking to make irreversible the rupture – provoked by themselves – of socio-economic, trade, transport, interpersonal, cultural, and historical ties that have been built in the region not over...

Vice President JD Vance has been questioning the assessments coming out of the Department of War about the success of the US military in Iran.  According to two senior White House officials speaking with The Atlantic, Vance has expressed skepticism about the Pentagon’s estimates about the depletion of US munitions during the war against Iran.  […]