Donald Trump Promised to Keep Us Out of Protracted Wars of Choice in the Middle East. We Are Now in a Protracted War of Choice in the Middle East.

The Slatest Trump Keeps Promising His War With Iran Is Almost Over. It’s More Likely to Get Way Worse. Thanks, Donald Aug 17, 20265:35 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Samuel Corum/Getty Images and Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images. This story is adapted from the Slatest newsletter. You can sign up here to

Stop viewing Iran as a hostile player and start seeing the pattern that nurtures the destructive path its people keep finding themselves on, and change that

Opinion: How a pragmatic axis could reshape the Middle East Nearly three years after the 7 October Hamas attack shattered the illusion of a manageable status quo - one serving US-Israeli interests, while harming Palestinian rights - and midway through President Donald Trump’s second term, the Middle East no longe

HOMEOWNERS face mortgage costs rising AGAIN after renewed uncertainty in the Middle East has spooked lenders. Mortgage rates have been slowly climbing over the past few weeks, with average rates for five-year fixed-rate deals climbing to 5.66% in July, according to data from Moneyfactscompare.co.uk. Meanwhile, the aver