Middle East – War Watch

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Gas Prices May Remain High Despite US-Iran Deal
ByEmmett Lindner June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

The preliminary agreement may not have an immediate effect on prices at the pump. Damaged infrastructure and risky transport could keep costs up.

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Bahrain | Defense and Military Forces | Drones (Pilotless Planes) | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Kuwait | Middle East | Missiles and Missile Defense Systems | Persian Gulf | Strait of Hormuz | United Arab Emirates | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Gulf Countries Confront Questions About Relying on U.S. for Protection
ByAdam Rasgon June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

Iran targeted Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other American allies in the Middle East during the war, harming their economies and military sectors.

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Defense Department | Embargoes and Sanctions | Hezbollah | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Lebanon | Middle East | Republican Party | Trump, Donald J | United States International Relations | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) | War and Armed Conflicts

Why the U.S.-Iran Deal Might Work, and Why It Might Not
ByLara Jakes June 15, 2026

For all of the cautious optimism surrounding the framework agreement, some of the toughest issues lie ahead, and the deal could still fall apart.

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Egypt | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Khomeini, Ruhollah | Middle East | Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ) | Morsi, Mohamed | Muslims and Islam | Politics and Government

Is This the End of Political Islam?
ByBen Hubbard June 15, 2026June 16, 2026

For decades, Islamic governance held allure in the Middle East. Now some scholars say the Islamist wave has passed.

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Araghchi, Abbas | Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament | Beirut (Lebanon) | Ghalibaf, Mohammad Baqer | Hezbollah | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East | Netanyahu, Benjamin | Nuclear weapons | Peace Process | Republican Party | Strait of Hormuz | Trump, Donald J | United States Politics and Government | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

U.S. and Iran Reach Agreement to Reopen Strait and Begin Nuclear Talks
ByJonathan Swan, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman June 15, 2026

The accord halts hostilities in the war that began in February but leaves unresolved the critical issue of Iran’s nuclear program.

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Trump Claims Strait Will Be ‘Permanently Toll-Free’ Under Agreement With Iran
ByDavid E. Sanger June 14, 2026June 15, 2026

In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia’s and China’s leaders and described Israel’s prime minister as “a very difficult guy.”

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Trump, in Latest Pivot, Retracts Threat to Strike Iran Again and Widen the War
ByMax Bearak, Anupreeta Das, Michael Levenson and Jonathan Swan June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

Mr. Trump said that Iran was close to signing a peace deal. So far, weeks of talks have failed to produce an agreement.

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Hezbollah | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East | Miller, Aaron David | Netanyahu, Benjamin | Nuclear weapons | State Department | Strait of Hormuz | Trump, Donald J | United States Defense and Military Forces | United States International Relations | United States Politics and Government | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Trump Wants to Call the Shots. But in Iran, He Keeps Hitting His Limits.
ByAnton Troianovski June 8, 2026

President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.

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Hezbollah | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East | Trump, Donald J | United States | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Why Iran Risked an Attack on Israel
ByErika Solomon June 8, 2026June 8, 2026

Iran’s leaders want to show they are serious about defending their Hezbollah allies in Lebanon and maintaining the regional balance of power, analysts say.

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OPEC Plus to Boost Oil Production as Ceasefire in Iran Remains Elusive
ByLisa Friedman June 7, 2026June 8, 2026

The cartel’s move to increase output by 188,000 barrels per day is largely symbolic, with vast amounts of the world’s oil stranded by the effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.

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