Each side is betting it can last longer than the other, analysts say. But there are risks in a stalemate without a deal.

Why is the United States bombing Iran? The justifications presented for the jus ad bellum of Operation Epic Fury keep shifting: an imminent nuclear threat, security concerns, the need for regime ...

The conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel has entered a volatile phase marked by hardening posi ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the United States’ ceasefire with Iran, citing internal divisions in ...

The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, ...

The war with Iran is no longer hypothetical. American forces are engaged. Missiles are being launched. Interceptors are being expended. Precision munitions are striking targets across a widening ...

The fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran marks the beginning of the end of this conflict—and it leaves ...

Even at the high end, the cost of the Iran war is still far below the federal government’s largest expenditures — but it is ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Iran is ready to negotiate a ...

Why are the United States and Israel at war with Iran? No one, least of all the men waging the conflict on our reluctant and terrified behalf, seems to know. A variety of possibilities has been ...