Lebanon
Iran
+4
Aug 11, 2026
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14 min read
The Blockade Shoots Back
CENTCOM puts two Hellfires into a blockade runner's engine room while Trump plays banker to a failing regime. Plus: Damascus sentences the Assads to death, Beirut retires the gallows over Hezbollah's objection, first blood on the water at Bab el-Mandeb, and six ships through Hormuz in a day.
Iran
+5
Jul 29, 2026
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13 min read
What the Silence Was For
The IRGC fires on Jordan hours after the Oval Office meeting, American and Saudi jets answer in Iraq, Iran rejects Oman's plan, and the fall briefing tour opens for bookings.
Iran
+5
Jul 20, 2026
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13 min read
The Realignment
Seventeen American names, nine nights of strikes, a Houthi blockade of Saudi Arabia, and a region done renting deterrence. The era of Western frameworks is ending; here are the receipts.
