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Seven months after the February 2026 strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader and shattered much of its nuclear infrastructure, the United States finds itself locked in a different kind of standoff: keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.
The question now dividing Washington is whether that fight for the world’s most important oil chokepoint has crowded out the original goal of the conflict, ensuring that Iran never builds a nuclear weapon.
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Last night, following a brief three-day ceasefire on each other’s capitals, Russia launched another large-scale attack on Kyiv.
Both Russia and Ukraine agreed to cease long-range attacks against each other’s capital cities while American envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow and Kyiv for diplomatic talks.
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Putin at Valdai Club in 2013. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Although President Zelenskyy attempted to implement a front-wide ceasefire, the Russians agreed only to halt attacks on Kyiv city for three days.
Russia Launches Massive Attack on Kyiv After Three-Day Pause – Russia launched fresh missile and drone strikes against Kyiv on Tuesday, September 8, killing five people and injuring dozens of others just hours after a temporary pause implemented for American peace negotiators came to an end.
The attacks followed visits by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv as the Trump administration made new efforts to restart negotiations and bring the war to an end.
A Georgia National Guardsman assigned to the Washington, D.C. mission is facing felony charges after multiple witnesses said he drew his weapon and aimed it at another guardsman. Multiple guardsmen told police that it escalated over an argument about Army grooming regulations, court documents show.
Spc. Zion Mitchell, 21, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to an arrest affidavit filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Loitering munitions are having an outsized impact to the conduct of war, from the battlefields of Ukraine to the skies over the Middle East.
Ukraine’s forces are approaching winter, when Russia’s unceasing strike campaign on critical infrastructure will have its greatest impact.
Axon Vision has secured a contract worth up to approximately NIS15m ($5m) to supply its ForceField counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) to an undisclosed Israeli defence organisation.
Five Killed as Strikes on Kyiv Resume – Five people have been killed in Kyiv as part of a major overnight Russian attack on Ukraine.
Russia reportedly targeted 29 locations across the country, launching drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles into Ukraine.
Ukraine War TOS-2. Image Credit: X Screenshot.
It marks the first strikes on the Ukrainian capital since a three-day temporary ceasefire was agreed, preventing attacks on Kyiv and Moscow during a weekend-long visit by United States envoys.
Iran Threatens U.S. With Retaliatory Blockade – Iran has threatened to respond to the U.S. blockade with its own maritime restrictions.
The threats came after a new round of U.S.-Iranian exchanges and a Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia that wounded 73 people and set energy facilities ablaze. On Tuesday, Brent crude surged above $99 a barrel as markets scrambled to react to attacks on energy sites.
(Dec. 01, 2020) – The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise.