Humeyra Pamuk
@humeyra_pamuk · Diplomatic & national-security press — DC
Humeyra Pamuk is Reuters's State Department correspondent.
NEW: An explosion that ripped through a wedding celebration in southern Iran on Monday, killing four people and injuring at least 68 others, likely resulted from a direct hit by a U.S. munition and not a ricochet off another target, analysis show. Via @ntabrizy @idreesali114
Asked VP Vance how President Trump can declare an end to the war with a U.S. naval blockade still in effect. He pushed back on the definition of war, saying major combat ops not currently underway — despite renewed fighting two days ago between US and Iran https://t.co/0s63cdqRjQ
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed.” https://t.co/KmJIphaSdd
“Overall, the tenor from the military leadership is that the ongoing Iran operation, having reached the six-month mark, has been “too much for too long,” said one person familiar with the assessment.”
Weekend in the U.S.: Trump's new crisis is with Canada. The war with Iran has entered its seventh month. There is no solution on the horizon; everything is still expensive and the midterm elections are two months away, but please don't miss the AI-generated video of an armed Canadian goose army with Trump-style hair.
Translated from TurkishAfter six months, the Iran war has reached its endgame: a costly stalemate https://t.co/2016YGaBlS
The remarks by Syria’s FM Şeybani in his @Reuters interview are important, but on the other hand not particularly surprising for most of us. He notes that an agreement on security with Israel was reached as early as the beginning of the year, that many details were determined, but that Israel is reluctant when it comes to implementation.
Translated from TurkishImportant details in this @Reuters interview of Syrian FM Shaibani who sad Israel and Syria around the start of the year had “agreed on paper to almost everything” regarding a security deal that would require Israel to stop attacking Syria. But Israel sought to evade implementation, he said & added: "We did not see they had the real will to reach an agreement."
With the Iran war now at a costly standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, President Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears stuck as he heads into November's midterm elections. W/comments from @stephenwertheim @asliaydintasbas https://t.co/q62PoDb4QE
Incredible episode. “The extraordinary tension underscores how far AIPAC's political standing has fallen amid voters' anger over the war in Gaza. Even Rogers — a staunchly pro-Israel Republican — fears the group's public support could be a liability in the Nov. 3 election.”
From @nickschifrin interview w/@USAMBTurkiye — Syria talked to Mossad, gave them the information that there were no Turkish military & nothing adversarial going on. Syrians and Americans thought dialogue will continue. Then something went “awry” & Israel carried out the strikes https://t.co/KD8YTuSAJQ
I’ve been in D.C. for quite some time. For roughly the past two years, at diplomatic gatherings or think-tank events, people have increasingly started talking about the possibility of a proxy war, or even direct conflict, between Turkey and Israel, unfortunately. During the same period, we have all seen a marked increase in articles written along the lines of “Is Turkey the new Iran?” It is quite difficult to think of Tuesday’s Israeli attack independently of these developments.
Translated from TurkishWASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration has told Congress it is sending more than $206 million for a proposed Gaza peacekeeping force, the first significant funding for the stalled U.S. plan to rebuild the devastated enclave.
One of the highest-level contacts yet between Israel and the new Syrian government since the fall of Assad, coming just days before Tuesday's Israeli air strikes targeting Turkish presence in a Syrian military base.
In 2026, some questions about Turkey: “Will any candidate who could win be allowed to run? If they win, will they be able to assume the office they won? When a municipality is won, will the mayor be able to remain there? Will a party be able to choose its own leadership?” @KBuyukyuksel
Translated from TurkishPresident Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. With the war still not over after five months, Trump stood by his decision. “I’ll never apologize, I did the right thing.”
POTUS at rally in Nassau County on the Strait of Hormuz says pretty soon he’ll declare it American territory
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