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The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force

Prince Mohammed, the people familiar with the discussions said, has argued that Iran poses a long-term threat to the Gulf that can only be eliminated by getting rid of the government

President Trump postponed his threat to strike power plants in Iran, citing "productive conversations" with the Iranians. But officials said the talks were in an early stage and not substantive

US and Israeli attacks on power plants and other civilian infrastructure risk escalating the conflict across the region, and angering Iranians who oppose the government

This new phase of the war began Wednesday, when Iran carried out a retaliatory missile strike on Ras Laffan, Qatar's vast energy complex

Generations of Indian workers and businesses have turned the Arab side of the Gulf into a vital appendage of their own country

Two missiles landed hours apart, wreaking havoc in two towns near a heavily guarded nuclear site in the Negev Desert

President Trump's hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran's theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed

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President Trump said he complained to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel about the attack, which sent energy markets reeling; but Israeli officials said the Americans were informed beforehand

Iran's military retaliation, along with the political defiance of its new leaders, evokes a decades-old pattern of unrealised goals for American interventions in the region

Israeli officials trumpeted airstrikes that killed Iran's de facto leader and the commanders of a militia notorious for suppressing protests. But "decapitation has its limits," an analyst warns

A US attack or a move to seize control of Iran's main oil export hub could cripple the country's ability to profit from its natural resources, but it would also risk sending energy prices even higher

A president who calls journalists the 'enemy of the people' has accused news organisations of undermining a military effort that many Americans oppose

The president is no stranger to staking out contradictory stands, part of what his aides say is his negotiating style. But on Iran, his shifting positions are colliding with the consequences of war

While some European countries said they were discussing ways to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, several rejected President Trump's calls to send warships

The United States has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President Miguel Díaz-Canel must step down, said people familiar with the talks

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As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump's options - to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back - both carry deeply problematic consequences

The narrow passageway out of the Persian Gulf is both vital - serving as the only gateway to the rest of the world for huge amounts of oil and natural gas - and extremely vulnerable to attacks