🇺🇸🇮🇷 US attack on Iran less likely, but far from off the table – expert
The situation seems to have changed since the US began redeploying forces to the Middle East three weeks ago, but the parties still disagree on the issue of ballistic missiles, and Israel is pushing the US… pic.twitter.com/ybR2KINud6
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 20, 2026
US Plans Sprawling Base For 5,000 International Troops In Southern Gaza https://t.co/KqR28fdAWY
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 20, 2026
“The Board of Peace is going to almost be looking over the United Nations and making sure it runs properly,” Trump claimed in Thursday remarks during the inaugural meeting of the panel in Washington.
He said this in response to some allies – which are not participating – recently complaining that post-Gaza war reconstruction should be directly under UN auspices, and not a US-overseen board based on paying membership (the one billion dollar buy-in fee).
Apart from that controversy, the biggest Board of Peace development is being reported in The Guardian, which says Trump is advancing plans for a major US military installation inside the Gaza Strip, envisioned as the “military operating base” for future international forces.