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Pentagon Celebrates Ceasefire by Quietly Renaming Three Ongoing Deployments as Something Else

Hours after a joint statement from Islamabad announced a halt to hostilities between Iran and the U.S.-Israel coalition, Defense Department officials confirmed that three ongoing combat deployments had been administratively reclassified as 'sustained presence postures' and were therefore unaffected.

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Iran Launches Coordinated Strikes on U.S. Bases as Israel Pounds Missile Production and Islamabad Text Hangs Fire

Iranian and allied forces struck five U.S. installations across Iraq and the Gulf in a coordinated overnight assault that killed at least nine American service members, even as Israeli jets again hit missile-production sites and mediators in Islamabad waited for Tehran's written reply.

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Israel Pounds Iranian Nuclear and Industrial Sites Over Weekend as U.S. Toll Passes 350

Israeli warplanes hit a dozen Iranian nuclear, missile and refinery targets over a 60-hour campaign that ended Monday morning, as the cumulative American military death toll in the five-week war crossed 350.

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Israel Hits Natanz and Parchin in Largest Air Campaign Since War Began as U.S. Toll Nears 330

Israeli warplanes struck the Natanz enrichment complex and the Parchin military site in an overnight wave the IDF called its broadest operation of the war, as the U.S. combat death toll climbed toward 330 with two more attacks on bases in Iraq.

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Israel Launches Broadest Strikes Yet on Iranian Nuclear and Energy Sites in Response to Tel Aviv Barrage

Israeli warplanes and standoff munitions hit at least 27 sites across Iran in a sweeping overnight operation that targeted enrichment infrastructure near Natanz, IRGC command nodes and the Bandar Abbas oil-export terminal, officials in Tel Aviv and Tehran said.

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Iran Fires Largest Missile Barrage of War at Israel as U.S. Death Toll Rises in Iraq

More than 180 Iranian missiles and drones streaked toward Israeli cities overnight in the largest single salvo of the five-week war, even as a fresh strike on a U.S. logistics base in western Iraq pushed American combat deaths past 290.

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U.S. Strikes IRGC Missile Bases Inside Iran in Largest Retaliation of the War

American warplanes and Tomahawk missiles struck five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missile complexes deep inside Iran overnight, the Pentagon said, in the largest single U.S. operation since fighting began a month ago.

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U.S. Launches Large-Scale Retaliatory Strikes on IRGC Bases Inside Iran

U.S. forces struck more than two dozen Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets across western and central Iran overnight, the largest American military operation against Iranian soil since the war began, in retaliation for Monday's deadly attack on Ain al-Asad airbase.

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IRGC Strike on Ain al-Asad Kills U.S. Troops, Marking Deadliest Attack of Iran War

A predawn barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq on Monday, killing at least nine American service members and wounding more than 40 in what U.S. officials called the deadliest single attack of the month-old war.

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Pentagon Announces New 'Strategic Patience' Doctrine, Effective Whenever Convenient

The Department of Defense unveiled a doctrine officials describe as 'responsive, dynamic, and intentionally non-specific,' designed to allow the United States to be patient, decisive, or neither, depending on the prevailing mood.

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Israel Strikes Houthi Positions in Yemen Following Missile Attack, Widening Iran War Front

Israeli warplanes struck Houthi command centers and missile launch sites in Sana'a and Hudaydah overnight, retaliating for Saturday's missile attack on Beersheba and expanding the Iran war into a third theater.

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UAE and Saudi Arabia Air Defenses Intercept Iranian Missiles Targeting Gulf States

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates activated their air defense systems on Saturday to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles and drones targeting major cities and military installations, confirming the Gulf states' integration into a conflict that had already been destabilizing regional oil markets and security planning for nearly a month.

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Houthis Enter Iran War, Launching Ballistic Missile Toward Israel

Yemen's Houthi movement formally entered the Iran conflict on March 27, conducting a ballistic missile attack toward Israel that triggered air raid sirens in Beersheba, in a development that significantly expanded the geographic scope of the war.

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More Than 12 U.S. Service Members Wounded in Iranian Strike on Saudi Airbase

More than 12 American military personnel were wounded Thursday in an Iranian strike on a U.S. airbase in Saudi Arabia, one of the largest single attacks on American forces since the conflict began and bringing total U.S. wounded to over 300.

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Iran Threatens 'Heavy Price' After Israeli Strikes on Steel Factories and Nuclear Sites

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a formal threat on Thursday that Tehran would exact a 'heavy price' for Israeli strikes on two of the country's largest steel factories and attacks on nuclear facilities, as international inspectors were denied access to affected sites.

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Missile Strikes U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad as Regional Conflict Spreads

A missile struck the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad's Green Zone, raising alarm about the spreading regional spillover of the Iran conflict into Iraqi territory.

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Iran War: U.S. Refueling Aircraft Damaged in Drone Strike at Saudi Air Base

Five U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft were damaged in Iranian drone strikes at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict.

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Iran Expands Missile Exercises, Raising Regional Security Alerts

Iran's latest missile exercises have triggered heightened security alerts in neighboring countries and prompted warnings to international shipping and aviation.

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