A precedent-setting deal allows the IDF to operate against Hezbollah, but the Lebanese army’s capacity is in doubt, say experts.

Iran will be held accountable for its “sick attempt at global coercion,” the US ambassador to the United Nations told the UN Security Council.

“It’s a win-win outcome for the American people,” said the vice president.

Tehran’s supposed “moderates” may sit at the table, but Iran’s ruling clerics are making clear who still controls the agenda: no surrender of the nuclear program, no retreat from Hormuz, and no peace without vengeance.

Seen through the larger US-China rivalry, the claim that Israel dragged America into a narrow regional conflict that the US is struggling to “win” becomes far less convincing.

Tehran has concluded that pressure through the waterway can compel Washington to extract concessions from Israel, first in Lebanon and then across the region.

What sustains Iran’s struggle against Israel and the West?

Saudi and Bahraini commentators say Washington missed a rare chance to weaken the ayatollah regime — and that Arab states must now look to Israel as the regional power willing to confront Iran’s threat.

The suffering of the people of Iran who stood up for their rights has been forgotten.