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Benjamin Reed is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and later worked as a private security contractor in Afghanistan and Europe. In 2022, he deployed independently to Ukraine, where he served in multiple roles, including drone operator and infantryman. He is the author of War Tourist, a forthcoming memoir represented by Writers House.
Drone warfare has lowered the barrier to violence. From hobbyist FPV drones to Iranian Shahed loitering munitions, the technology now raises difficult questions about how far modern conflict can reach.
Operation Epic Fury has turned into a regional confrontation with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at its core. As the conflict spreads across multiple fronts, President Donald Trump faces the difficult task of weakening an institution designed to survive long wars.
The Iranian resistance is not a single movement. It is fragmented across Kurdish militants, diaspora monarchists, and decentralized protest networks. Understanding who these factions are and what they can actually do matters before assuming airpower can reshape Iran.
The terror threat in the United States is back in the conversation. A GWOT veteran offers practical advice on staying alert without living in fear.
The rise of Mojtaba Khamenei reflects a shift inside the Islamic Republic from clerical authority to security rule. His leadership may strengthen Iran’s hardline institutions while narrowing any remaining path toward diplomacy.
The war with Iran is producing ripple effects across the Middle East and global markets. U.S. diplomats are evacuating Gulf posts, Israeli strikes expand into Lebanon, oil prices surge, and Kurdish leaders warn against opening another front as Washington pushes new alliances abroad.
Israeli and U.S. airstrikes across Iran intensify as the conflict spreads into Lebanon and Azerbaijan, disrupts Gulf aviation and shipping routes, exposes divisions among NATO allies, and coincides with renewed U.S.–Venezuela diplomatic and energy negotiations.
Iran expanded cross-border strikes against Kurdish militant groups as regional tensions escalate, while U.S. officials say munitions stocks remain sufficient for sustained operations. In the Western Hemisphere, Cuba faces mounting economic pressure amid power outages and a collapse in tourism revenue, while Ukraine offers its drone interception expertise to Gulf states confronting Iranian unmanned threats.
U.S. discussions with Iranian Kurdish forces highlight possible ground ops; Asian stocks slump on oil shock; Russia feels rising diplomatic pressure amid widening Iran conflict.
A fire at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh amid expanding Israeli strikes on Iran highlights rising regional risk, while Russia records its slowest advance in Ukraine since 2024, signaling strain across two active conflict theaters.
The Iran conflict expanded into Lebanon and across the Gulf, with missile exchanges, a strike on a British base in Cyprus, U.S. aircraft losses in Kuwait, and confirmed American combat fatalities.
Pakistan and Afghanistan trade airstrikes in a widening frontier clash, while Ukraine claims a 900-mile missile strike inside Russia amid one of Moscow’s largest drone barrages of the war.
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