US EditionTrump says Iran war will end soon, 'practically nothing left' to target
President Trump claims US forces have struck over 5,500 targets in Iran, signaling the war could end soon with few remaining objectives.
- President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that Operation Epic Fury will end very soon as the White House called it a resounding success until Iran surrenders.
- Following missile concerns, regional strikes and maritime moves set the stage as the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced control of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Pentagon figures show intense air operations and high costs, with $6.5 billion spent on munitions in the first two days, seven U.S. service members killed, and multiple injured.
- Crude oil prices jumped to nearly $120 per barrel on Monday, gas prices rose to an average $3.6 per gallon from $2.9, and some energy producers suspended operations.
- President Trump has issued mixed signals, calling the operation a 'short-term excursion' but saying 'we have not won enough', while U.S. and Israeli officials state there is no formal end directive.
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According to a report from the US military intelligence service DIA, obsolete data has led to the rocket attack on a school in Iran. US President Trump once again suggests that the attacks on Tehran will soon end. Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu sees this differently. More in the live ticker.
US war on Iran will end ’soon’, Trump tells Axios
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again signalled there could be a swift ending to the war on Iran, saying there is little left in the country for American forces to attack. There is "practically nothing left to target" and the war will end "soon," Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with news outlet Axios. "Any time I want it to end, it will end." Trump has given repeated mixed messages about the timing and aims of the war that bega…
Information about the US's goals in Iran has been meandering since the beginning of the war. It is all the more surprising that US President Trump is suggesting a close end to the war. Now he is reiterating and justifying his assessment: In Iran there is almost nothing left to attack the US. He reaps contradictions.
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