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Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn’t dare ...

Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran ...

After Afghanistan and Iraq, President Trump needs to be aware of the law of unintended consequences as he wages war on Iran, ...

The US president laid out some of his objectives on Monday, but made no mention of what Iran's future might look like after the war.

An Iranian missile being launched. Citing the main theme of IRGC's 'decentralised mosaic defence' doctrine, Iranian Foreign ...

Pete Hegseth on Monday betrayed the bombast often seen at the shock-and-awe openings of American military campaigns as he promised certain victory in the new war with Iran.

US President Donald Trump says he attacked Iran to eliminate a threat. How he sees the war ending is much less clear.

Shortly after the opening salvo of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026 – with missiles targeting cities across the ...

The president has made numerous, often confusing media appearances since the start of the offensive on February 28, while ...

President Trump is back at the White House this morning, and we are expecting to learn more details about the ongoing ...

President Donald Trump has said military operations against Iran could last four to five weeks — or longer. Veterans have ...