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Jared Malsin

ARTICLES BY JARED MALSIN

US' Hormuz Blockade Backfires: Iran's Ships Pass But Trump's Own Allies Suffer Under Brutal Siege?

Saudi Arabia is pressing US to drop its Hormuz blockade

5 min read . 14 Apr 2026

The skyline of Dubai

Gulf states edge toward joining fight against Iran

5 min read . 24 Mar 2026

Iranians make their way after crossing into Turkey at the Kapikoy Border Gate in the eastern Van province, Turkey, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya (REUTERS)

This border crossing is one of Iran’s last lifelines to the outside world

6 min read . 22 Mar 2026

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit three cargo ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, including a Thai vessel.

Escalating Hormuz crisis raises specter of prolonged closure

6 min read . 12 Mar 2026

President Trump had called for regime change when the war started. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (AFP)

Trump says the Iran war is nearly won but Israel has other ideas

7 min read . 11 Mar 2026

Smoke rises in Doha, Qatar, after a reported strike. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP) (AFP)

Iran is hitting the radars that underpin US missile defenses

5 min read . 08 Mar 2026

A missile launched from Iran is intercepted on Wednesday over Ashkelon, Israel.

Its missile threat degraded, Iran is taking fewer shots at more targets

5 min read . 06 Mar 2026

Bases that house U.S. forces have also come under attack in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. (REUTERS)

Iranian drones and missiles challenge stretched US forces

4 min read . 03 Mar 2026

Smoke rises from Erbil International Airport after it was hit in an attack, in Erbil, Iraq, March 1, 2026. (REUTERS)

Iran is shooting at some of the world’s busiest airports

5 min read . 02 Mar 2026

Al-Hol detention camp in northeast Syria. Moises Saman for WSJ

Chaotic closure of a huge ISIS detention camp is testing Syria’s regime

5 min read . 18 Feb 2026

A US Sea Hawk helicopter during night time flight operations in the Arabian Gulf. The US has threatened military action against Iran and sent a flotilla of warships to the Middle East following anti-government protests in Iran. (File Photo: US NAVY/AFP)

Iran plays hardball with the US to throw it off balance

5 min read . 04 Feb 2026

Ahmed al-Sharaa assumed Syria’s presidency after leading the rebellion that toppled the Assad regime. (REUTERS)

Syrian President called the US’s bluff—and it paid off

5 min read . 24 Jan 2026

This photograph taken during a tour for foreign media shows media representatives visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque that was damaged during recent public protests, in Tehran on January 21, 2026. (AFP)

In ominous sign for regime, Iran’s protests began in conservative stronghold

6 min read . 22 Jan 2026

A member of the Syrian security forces stands guard in Hasakah, Syria, on Wednesday.

US moves ISIS prisoners in Syria to jails in Iraq amid concern over security

4 min read . 22 Jan 2026

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Major US oil executives expressed caution about President Donald Trump's push for them to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela, with the head of Exxon Mobil Corp. calling the nation currently 'uninvestable'. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Trump was told attack on Iran wouldn’t guarantee collapse of regime

3 min read . 16 Jan 2026

Late last year, Ayandeh Bank, run by regime cronies and saddled with nearly $5 billion in losses on a pile of bad loans, went bust. (AFP)

The obscure bank collapse that sent Iran into a tailspin

10 min read . 14 Jan 2026

Key to the deal was Trump’s direct pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was reluctant to end the war, people involved in the negotiations say. (AFP)

How Trump’s upside-down diplomacy delivered a major foreign policy victory

5 min read . 10 Oct 2025

People celebrate following the overnight announcement of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. Israel and Hamas on October 9 agreed a Gaza ceasefire deal to free the remaining living hostages. (Photo: AFP)

Hostage deal negotiators work to close gaps as Israel prepares to vote

2 min read . 09 Oct 2025

People lift placards and portraits of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since 2023, during a rally in Tel Aviv marking the second anniversary of the attacks by Palestinian militants, on October 7, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

The sticking points to a Gaza hostage deal

4 min read . 07 Oct 2025

Palestinians hold pots as they gather to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on 30 September. (AFP)

Trump’s plan for Gaza hands Netanyahu a political lifeline

5 min read . 30 Sept 2025