Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Facility, Defense Minister Says WSJ The South Pars natural gas complex is an energy lifeline for Iran apnews.com Israel hits Iran’s South Pars petrochemical plant as mediators float new ceasefire proposal MS NOW Second petrochemical plant struck, Iran says The Times of Israel Plan in place to strike strategic Iran sites if deal not … Read more
WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free The Wall Street Journal Inside the ‘painstaking’ negotiations that led to the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War CNN Freed Evan Gershkovich Arrives in the U.S. to a Hero’s Welcome The Wall Street Journal 3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia The Associated … Read more
A top confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the plan to kill Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the security council for Russia, set in motion the operation to take out Prigozhin, according to a former Russian intelligence officer, per the Journal. … Read more