In the early hours of a Thursday in late July 2026, the ancient logic of reprisal reasserted itself across the Middle East, as Iran and the United States exchanged strikes that moved the two nations deeper into a cycle neither has yet found the will to break. Three Iranian soldiers died with names and ranks in Zanjan province; three civilians died without warning on Qeshm Island; and the fires lit in those moments spread outward — to Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the diplomatic corridors of Bulgaria and Cyprus. What began as a dispute over shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz has become somet
Iran claims retaliatory strikes on US bases as regional tensions escalate
Three IRGC members killed in US airstrikes; three civilians killed and two wounded in strike on Qeshm Island residential building.