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Third U.S. Carrier Enters Middle East, Marking Largest Presence Since 2003

The buildup signals pressure on Iran through ready strike plans should the ceasefire collapse.

Israel Presses Operations in Southern Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

UAE Reconsiders Hosting US Bases After Influential Scholar Calls Them a Burden

Turkey Says Israel Uses Security Pretext to Seize More Land

Experts Say Iranian Strikes Crippled US Bases Across the Gulf

IAEA Issues Urgent Warning After Strikes Near Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant

Ex-US Air Force Specialist Identifies Four UK Targets in Potential Iran Retaliation

Erbil Airport Hosting U.S. Garrison Hit as Drones Engaged Over City

Iran Says It Destroyed U.S. FP132 Radar in Qatar During Regional Strikes

U.S. and Israel Strike Inside Iran as Trump Announces "Major Combat Operations"

USS Gerald R. Ford Reported Off Israel's Coast as U.S. Tightens Pressure on Iran

Reports Identify Ali Larijani as Khamenei’s Emergency Designee

U.S. Readies Possible Strikes on Iran as Geneva Nuclear Talks Register Limited Progress

U.S. and Iran Set for Geneva Nuclear Talks Next Week, With Oman as Intermediary

Turkey Says U.S. Appears Willing to Allow Limited Iranian Enrichment

Satellite Images Show U.S. Mounting Patriot Missiles on Mobile Launchers at Qatar Base

China Hosts Iranian Envoy as Oman Talks With U.S. Near

UAE Backs US-Iran Talks, Rules Out Governing Gaza in Push for Political Path

Iran Protests Recede After Crackdown as Rights Groups Report Thousands Killed

Turkey Urges U.S.-Iran Talks, Warns Foreign Intervention Would Deepen Iran’s Crisis