Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

Russia is open to holding peace negotiations with Ukraine in the Vatican; the EU has proposed a limited tariff relief deal to the US; and Israel is preparing for potential military strikes on Iran’s ...

Depending on who you ask, a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United states is either a non-starter or almost a done ...

Iran and the U.S. have see-sawed between enmity and grudging diplomacy in the years since, with relations peaking when Tehran ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take “special measures in ...

Iran and the United States will hold a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program ...

Iran’s parliament has ratified a 20-year strategic partnership agreement with Russia, deepening ties between the two ...

Iran's parliament approved a 20-year strategic partnership on Wednesday between Moscow and Tehran, state media reported. The ...

Iran's ratification of a 20-year pact with Russia marks a major step in expanding military and economic ties amid tensions with the West ...

Trump's unswerving faith in his own abilities as a master dealmaker was on display during the first extended overseas foray of his second term — to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. At ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns a Senate panel that Syria could face a renewed “full-scale civil war of epic proportions ...

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday due to uncertainty in U.S.-Iran negotiations and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while ...