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The arrival of 2,000 more troops suggests that Trump is maintaining the option of escalating hostilities, even as he said talks with Iran were taking place.

US military bases in the UK, Germany, Portugal, Italy, France, and Greece are fueling and launching American bombers and drones.

Esmail Khatib’s death came within 24 hours of Israeli strikes taking out Iran’s security chief and the head of its feared paramilitary force.

Ali Larijani ran Iran’s national security council and was seen as the country’s de facto leader after the former ayatollah was assassinated.

The US is confronting its limitations in dealing with Iran’s asymmetric warfare, analysts argued.

The European Commission is consulting with EU member states to produce a sweeping new security strategy document, tentatively set to publish by June.

Russian athletes are competing in the Winter Paralympics and Russian artists are returning to the Venice Biennale.

Iran’s new supreme leader vowed vengeance in his first statement, signaling defiance over diplomacy.

The Asia-Pacific region was second only to Europe in arms imports between 2021 and 2025, according to new research.

Iran had reportedly begun laying mines in the crucial maritime trade route.

The Patriot missiles used to shoot down Iranian strikes are akin to “using a bazooka to kill a fly,” The New York Times wrote.

Trump originally said the attack was carried out by Iran, but analysts said that was implausible.