Exploring why continued U.S. military aid to Israel remains vital for strategic influence and regional security.

Eight days ago the United States and Israel launched a just and necessary military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed at eliminating the multifarious military threats posed by the worlds leading state sponsor of terror.

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to December 2023. The United States and Israel may have different names for their latest military campaigns in Iran—Epic Fury and Rising Lion—but there is nothing separate about them.

Israeli Air Force says it completed another wave of strikes targeting dozens of infrastructures of the Iranian terror regime across several areas in Iran. Follow LIVE updates.

A week into their war on Iran, the United States and Israel have attacked a vast array of targets — about 4,000 in all — from the land, air and sea. The bombing campaign, one

Iran-Israel conflict is rapidly expanding across Middle East, with fresh Israeli strikes in Tehran and attack on Beirut hotel targeting Iranian commanders. Iran says it can sustain war for 6 months, while drone and missile attacks have reached Gulf.

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Iran’s current strikes could open a window for Israel to improve ties with Gulf states, but caution is needed as fears of Israeli influence and anti-Israel narratives persist, says expert. The