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FACT-CHECK: NATO's €70 Billion Pledge to Ukraine, What's Actually New
On July 8, 2026, at the close of a summit held in Ankara, the thirty-two member states of NATO signed a joint declaration promising…
ANALYSIS: Ukrainian Patriots, why coproduction could take years, not months
Every promise made at a NATO summit gets measured, in the first 48 hours, by the emotion it generates rather than the calendar it…
ANALYSIS: The Patriot license for Ukraine, Lockheed and RTX caught off guard
Some admissions carry more weight than the announcement they were meant to support. At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump promised Volodymyr…
ANALYSIS: Trump's Patriot promise to Ukraine, where things actually stand
Some of the most consequential lines in modern diplomacy get said almost in passing, between two handshakes. At the NATO summit in Ankara on…
COLUMN: The Israeli warning about Trump, a threat to handle with caution
There are pieces of information that, the moment they surface, reframe every other headline around them. On July 9, 2026, CNN reported that Israel…
DECODING: Al-Azraq, the Jordanian base turned target in Iran's retaliation
There are nights when Jordan no longer has the luxury of watching a war from a safe distance. On July 9, 2026, air-raid sirens…
DECODING: Tehran's defiance despite Washington's anger
Since the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz closed on July 12, 2026, after attacking another commercial vessel, the M/V GFS…
ANALYSIS: Sanctions on Mojtaba Khamenei, hitting the wallet of Iranian power
While American strikes continue to hit military and nuclear targets across Iran, Washington has opened a second front, less visible but just as strategic:…
EDITORIAL: The IRGC, the backbone of a regime that refuses to bend
To understand why Iran refuses to yield despite weeks of American strikes, one must look beyond the official ministries and diplomatic spokespeople.