Six months have passed since the US-Israeli war on Iran began
On August 28, 2026, multiple outlets marked six months since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. The conflict has shifted from major military operations toward economic warfare, with Iran's leadership and economy severely damaged but the regime still in power. No lasting ceasefire agreement has been reached.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 17% of divergence this week. 8 outlets covered it, splitting into 7 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
7 camps
4 bias groups
Market signalBETA
The spectrum · how 8 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
Daily Wire
South China Morning Post
Times of Israel
The Hill
Al Jazeera
Reuters
Globe and Mail
ABC News
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Daily Wire
Six Months Into the Iran War, Who Is Winning?
victory ledger of gains and losses · positive
ABC News
Investors prosper, consumers pay as Iran war exacts uneven economic toll 6 months in
neutral
First to report
- Globe and Mailfirst
- Reuters+18.4 h
- South China Morning Post+20.5 h
- Daily Wire+20.8 h
- The Hill+25.9 h
- Al Jazeera+30.0 h
- Times of Israel+32.6 h
- ABC News+70.9 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Daily Wire frames Iran as devastated and neutralized; SCMP asks whether Iran still has a functioning supreme leader; Reuters sees a country wounded but surviving; Globe and Mail tracks financial market ripples.
How each outlet covered it
Only the right is covering this
One side of the spectrum has stayed silent. That absence is itself a signal.
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LEFT OUTLETS
0 of 7 outlets covering this story sit on that side of the spectrum.
0LEFT OUTLETS
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Iran war shifts into neutral as six-month mark arrives” · South China Morning Post, Times of Israel, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Globe and Mail
+Hide the full sourcingSee how all 8 outlets put it
LEFT-CENTER1
ABCABC News Investors prosper, consumers pay as Iran war exacts uneven economic toll 6 months in 12d ago CENTER2
HThe Hill Iran war shifts into neutral as six-month mark arrives 14d ago RReuters Six months into the war, Iran is wounded but survives 14d ago INTERNATIONAL4
SCSouth China Morning Post Iran's supreme leader remains unseen 6 months after war began 14d ago TOITimes of Israel US targets Egyptian bank in fresh sanction on Iran as war hits six-month mark 14d ago AJAl Jazeera 6 months of war on Iran 14d ago GMGlobe and Mail Six months of war: How the Middle East conflict has shaped financial markets 15d ago 11 tracked claims across 8 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Mojtaba Khamenei was disfigured by air strikes and continues to rule from seclusion
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