US Vice President JD Vance declines to offer timeline for end of Iran war

The Trump official has expressed scepticism at a White House briefing about the conflict even being a war, despite a recent flare-up.United States Vice President JD Vance has declined to offer a prospective timeline for the end of the US-Israeli war on Iran, which remains a source of surging global energy prices and unpopularity at home.Vance sought to downplay the fallout from the war in a White House news briefing on Thursday. He even questioned how to refer to the conflict.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran Red Crescent urges ICC probe into deadly US strike on wedding partylist 2 of 3How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn’t match US claimslist 3 of 3Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitionsend of list“I wouldn’t call it a war. Right now, there is no active shooting,” Vance said, before clarifying. “I recognise there have been places where this has flared up.”His remarks come after days of intense fire between the US and Iran. Still, Vance argued that major combat operations only lasted “about six weeks” and that the US has succeeded in degrading Iran’s defence production capabilities.He also sought to turn attention ...