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What's Trump's strategy now with Iran? To keep things as they are

Nov 13, 2026 · Aya Batrawy

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What's Trump's strategy now with Iran? To keep things as they are
Mourners carry coffins during the funeral of people killed in recent airstrikes on al-Shariya village, northeast of Sanaa, which Houthi authorities blamed on Saudi Arabia, in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 11, 2026.
Mourners carry coffins during the funeral of people killed in recent airstrikes on al-Shariya village, northeast of Sanaa, which Houthi authorities blamed on Saudi Arabia, in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 11, 2026.

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