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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) attend the funeral service for US Sen. Lindsey Graham at the Washington National Cathedral on July 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
July 30, 2026, 5:16 pm
Giving Ukraine the cold shoulder in DC, Netanyahu freezes out ally against Iran
Ukraine and Israel are both fighting the Iran-Russia axis; there are many areas of potential cooperation, including drone defense, but Israel won’t move much closer
By Lazar Berman
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
July 23, 2026, 12:12 am
Iranian strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Sources say the effectiveness and precision of attacks point to possible Moscow data sharing; analysts believe a strike in Riyadh was carried out using Russian-enhanced drones
By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari
US President Donald Trump in an interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press,' aired on June 7, 2026. (NBC screenshot)
June 7, 2026, 10:52 pm
Trump: US ‘very close’ to deal with Iran, but demanding stricter nuclear terms
US president says he won’t let up on Islamic Republic for even a 1% chance they’d obtain a nuclear weapon, as Washington seeks IAEA resolution demanding information on uranium
By Nava Freiberg, Reuters and ToI Staff
A man stands near a boat moored along a beach on the Caspian Sea coast in Sorkhrud in Iran's northern Mazandaran province on March 24, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 9, 2026, 10:02 pm
Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade
According to New York Times, shipments could help Tehran quickly restock its drone arsenal amid ceasefire, while evading both sanctions and tense routes through Persian Gulf
By ToI Staff
Analyst Ksenia Svetlova, a former MK, joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Courtesy/ToI)
April 28, 2026, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 28 – Untangling the Iran-Russia-Hezbollah web
Mideast expert Ksenia Svetlova gives deep context for the Tehran-Moscow relationship and assesses that Gulf countries are at a crossroads as they plan for a potential nuclear Iran
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Ksenia Svetlova
This satellite image taken by a US Geological Survey Landsat satellite shows the fire after an Iranian drone attack targeting the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2026. (US Geological Survey via AP)
April 7, 2026, 9:33 pm
Russia reportedly supplying Iran with spy imagery of US and Israeli targets
Ukraine Intel report says Moscow giving Tehran target info on US bases and infrastructure in Gulf; source says Russia also gave Iran a detailed list of 55 Israeli energy targets
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iranians visit an exhibition showcasing missiles and drones in Tehran on November 12, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 30, 2026, 7:56 pm
Drone purchases in Russia and Iran surge using crypto, report says
Pro-Russia groups raise more than $8.3 million in crypto donations since full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Iran’s IRGC linked to crypto wallet purchasing drone parts abroad
By Hannah Lang
This UGC image posted on social media on March 29, 2026 and verified by AFP staff appears to show a destroyed US Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, primarily used for air traffic control, in the aftermath of a projectile strike at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia. (UGC / AFP)
March 29, 2026, 1:26 pm
Iranian attack on Saudi air base heavily damages key US surveillance aircraft
Ukrainian president says Russian satellite images of Prince Sultan Air Base were shared with Iran days prior to attack, which also wounded 12 US soldiers
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Two men walk on a pier at the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, December 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 25, 2026, 3:03 pm
Russian-Iranian arms smuggling route said cut off by Israel’s Caspian Sea strikes
Heavily sanctioned countries regularly transfer arms and food supplies across the inland sea, assisting each other with production of the Shahed drones they both favor in war
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A policeman inspects the wreckage of a drone in downtown Dubai on March 12, 2026. (AFP)
March 18, 2026, 8:38 am
Russia sharing satellite imagery and drone technology with Iran – report
Moscow said providing its own domestically produced components to improve strike capabilities of Iranian Shahed drones; White House says support not making any difference to war
By ToI Staff
A schoolgirl holds up a poster of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during an anti-US and Israel demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 12, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
March 15, 2026, 11:04 pm
Trump said briefed on US intel showing Ali Khamenei thought his son ‘not very bright,’ unfit to lead
US president reportedly unmoved by briefing as he believes Mojtaba may be dead already, leaving Iran leaderless again; Kuwaiti outlet claims he was smuggled out of Iran to Russia
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks at a Women's History Month event in the East Room at the White House, on March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
March 14, 2026, 12:14 am
After urging Iranians to rise up once bombing stops, Trump admits overthrow a ‘very big hurdle’
US president says regime change ‘will happen, but maybe not immediately,’ also says Putin may be helping Iran ‘a little bit’; US reportedly sends 2,200 Marines to Middle East
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026, after traveling to Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer solemn event for six US soldiers killed in an Iranian strike in Kuwait. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
March 9, 2026, 11:02 pm
Trump has ‘no message’ for Iran’s new leader, has replacement in mind; war is ‘very complete, pretty much’
US president doesn’t elaborate on plans, as Israel says Mojtaba Khamenei’s ‘hands already stained with bloodshed’; Iran’s proxy forces pledge loyalty to new Iranian leader, Putin congratulates him
By Agencies, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 1, 2026, 4:14 pm
China, Russia, North Korea and Hamas condemn killing of Iran’s Khamenei
Putin says supreme leader’s ‘murder’ is a ‘cynical violation of all norms,’ while Pyongyang slams ‘shameless and gangster-like conduct’ of US-Israeli strikes
By Agencies
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump following talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 28, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
February 28, 2026, 7:41 pm
Backing US and Israel, Zelensky says hoping for fall of ‘terrorist regime’ in Tehran
Ukrainian president notes that Iran supplied Russia with tens of thousands of strike drones to attack Ukraine, says ‘important’ for US to be ‘determined’ in its mission
By Agencies
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