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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
American officials sought to temper concerns of a possibly expanding military incursion after the Pentagon’s decision to deploy more troops to the Middle East.
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Iran Moves to Assert Control Over Strait While Trading Strikes With Israel
Two ships turned back after being warned not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Iran said strikes in the country had hit a uranium processing plant and industrial sites.
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Rubio Is Expected to Press G7 Allies Over Strait of Hormuz During Meeting
The meeting in France is slated to discuss efforts to stop the war in the Middle East, end Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile development, and reopen maritime trade routes.
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Rubio Says Allies Should Help Secure Strait by Iran for Oil and Gas Ships
The secretary of state said the United States and Iran were passing messages to each other as he headed to France for a diplomatic meeting of the Group of 7 nations.
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Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump’s Freestyle Diplomacy
A jumble of emissaries — a friend, a family member, a dove and a hawk — on the Iran crisis reflects President Trump’s improvisational approach.
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Trump Says He’s Talking With Iran. Iran Says He’s Not. Here’s Why.
The president has domestic and international political motivations for touting negotiations to end the war. Iran has similar ones to deny discussions.
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Iran Signals Resilience With Volley of Missiles Across Middle East
The barrage continued as officials said the U.S. had sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war. But Iranian officials have publicly denied that Washington and Tehran are talking directly.
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Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.
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Trump’s Next Decision in War: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel
A mission to seize or destroy Iran’s nuclear material would be one of the riskiest military operations in modern American history.