2 w. ago Trump says damage from Iran strikes severe despite “inconclusive” intelligence

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the damage to Iranian nuclear sites from missile strikes over the weekendwas severe, though he also acknowledged that the available intelligence on the matter was inconclusive. His comments followed reports by Reuters and other media outlets on Tuesday revealing that the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency had assessed […]

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2 w. ago US intel challenges Trump’s ‘obliteration’ claim on Iran nuclear sites

U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both Iran and Israel signaled that the air war between the two […]

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2 w. ago Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, CNN reports

An early US intelligence assessment indicated that the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last week did not destroy the core components of Tehran’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on it. “This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong,” CNN quoted […]

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2 w. ago Trump’s gamble: Strikes on Iran, ceasefire declared, uncertainty remains

When President Donald Trump sent U.S. bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend, he was betting he could help ally Israel cripple Tehran’s nuclear program while keeping his long-standing vow to avoid entanglement in a protracted war. Just days later, Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday of an Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement suggests he may have […]

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2 w. ago Airlines weigh Middle East cancellations after US strikes in Iran

Airlines on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights as a conflict which has already cut off major flight routes entered a new phase after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites and Tehran vowed to defend itself. Cancellations in recent days to typically resilient aviation hubs such as Dubai, the world’s […]

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2 w. ago Diplomacy ends, missiles begin: US pounds Iran nuclear sites

In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva. Those hopes collapsed on Saturday when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran’s three main nuclear sites, in support of Israel’s military campaign. “It’s irrelevant to […]

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2 w. ago Gulf states on high alert after US strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

Gulf states, home to multiple U.S. military bases, were on high alert on Sunday after U.S. strikes on Iran raised the possibility of a widening conflict in the region. U.S. forces “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites with massive bunker-busting bombs in the early hours of Sunday in the region, President Donald Trump said, warning Tehran […]

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2 w. ago Trump says US ‘obliterates’ Iran nuclear sites, Tehran reserves ‘all options’ to defend itself

US President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, joining an Israeli assault in a major new escalation of conflict in the Middle East as Tehran vowed to defend itself. Trump, in a televised address to the US people, called the strikes a “spectacular military success” and warned Tehran […]

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2 w. ago Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war. The dramatic U.S. strike, including the targeting of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear installation deep underground, […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus watching closely as U.S. strikes Iran’s nuclear sites

Cyprus watching closely as U.S. strikes Iran’s nuclear sites  Kathimerini.com.cy

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3 w. ago Israel attacks Iranian nuclear sites, missile damages Israeli hospital

Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the U.S. would join Israel in air strikes seeking to destroy Tehran’s nuclear facilities. A week of Israeli air and missile strikes against its major rival has wiped out […]

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4 w. ago Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites, Cyprus watches uneasily

Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites, Cyprus watches uneasily  Kathimerini.com.cy

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