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Trump Abandons “Project Freedom” After Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Suspend Access to Bases and Airspace

NBC News reports President Trump abandoned his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation. NBC reports Saudi officials were blindsided by what President Trump is calling “Project Freedom.” Drop Site News later reported that Kuwait also cut off access to its airspace, leaving the U.S. without the defensive umbrella needed to protect ships transiting the strait.

U.S. says 2 of its destroyers are in the Gulf, 2 merchant ships got out | CBC News

The U.S. military said two of its guided-missile destroyers had entered the Persian Gulf on Monday to break Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and that two merchant vessels had made it through the strait.

Iran Stymies U.S.-Israeli War

It’s been two months since the allied U.S. and Israeli militaries launched their war against Iran. A war of plunder, aimed at regaining access to Iran’s resources — primarily oil and natural gas — and confronting China’s growing economic influence in the region and the world. Despite the mass destruction, and degrading of its military capabilities, Iran has been able to inflict major damage on U.S military assets and on oil and other facilities in the Gulf and nearby countries allied with Washington. Iran has so far stymied the U.S.-Israeli war, providing a bit of much needed breathing space to revolutionary Cuba.

Trump weighs Iran talks as Putin meets Tehran’s top diplomat - noligarchy.us

President Trump is weighing Iran’s latest peace offer while Tehran’s top diplomat meets with Vladimir Putin in Russia. The stakes are bigger than one round of