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- US launches limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island
- US midterm elections put control of Congress in play
- US and Russia-Ukraine talks planned in Abu Dhabi
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- RechercheUS forces struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz late Monday, November 2; US officials described the strikes as limited and said they were in response to IRGC fire on a US aircraft. Iranian state news agency IRNA reported several explosions on the island.
- RechercheQeshm Island lies off Iran’s southern coast along the Strait of Hormuz; the report describes the strait as critical and says its closure followed the February 28 start of the war.
- RechercheThe report frames the stakes as a midterm check on unified government under President Donald Trump, whose party has held the White House and congressional majorities for the past two years.
- RechercheThe report places the talks within U.S. efforts to end a war that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.