Videos Show US and Iran's Strikes as Ceasefire Collapses: "Retribution"
Trump says the strikes are retaliation as Iran targets Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, and analysts say the ceasefire memorandum has failed.
- On Wednesday, The United States launched strikes against Iranian military sites in retaliation for attacks on merchant vessels near Oman, with President Donald Trump posting footage on Truth Social describing the action as "retribution."
- Following the collapse of a June MoU between The United States and Iran that lasted only three weeks, hostilities resumed as recent attacks on shipping reignited the conflict Trump had declared "over" at the NATO summit.
- CENTCOM released video of strikes targeting around 90 sites including air defense systems, naval capabilities, and missile storage, while The United States accused Iran of violating the MoU by attacking commercial shipping in the Strait.
- Iran retaliated by targeting Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, home to the American Navy Fleet headquarters, stating it would not allow these attacks to affect its national interests.
- The conflict continues as a "forever war" with no clear exit strategy, while The Wall Street Journal editorial board concluded The United States faces the same options: surrender the Strait or reopen it by force.
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US, Iran trade more strikes as ceasefire crumbles
The US and Iran traded strikes for a second day on Thursday, marking the most serious rupture yet in the countries’ crumbling ceasefire. Tehran said it attacked US military sites in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan, and Washington’s Gulf allies braced for further strikes, as President Donald Trump weighs reimposing the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran is focused on trying to control shipping through the strait, its key point of leve…
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Trump shattered his own illusion by revealing fantasy underpinning ceasefire: analysis
President Donald Trump's administration created an illusion of peace and dealmaking for just a few weeks in his war with Iran before everything came tumbling back down to reality, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote in an analysis published on Wednesday.This comes after Trump proclaimed Iranian leaders were "very rational people" and started rolling back Iranian oil sanctions — moves the board said were foolish from the st…
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