Senate Democrats have taken the unusual step of issuing a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, seeking a full accounting from him and the Pentagon for the bare minimum that the ongoing war in Iran is going to cost. The letter (PDF) was spearheaded by Sen....
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad was prepared to fulfill its obligations under the Mecca Agreement as Saudi Arabia battles Ansar Allah in Yemen. The “Mecca Agreement applies to us, and we will fulfill our duty,” Asif said on Wednesday without...
Saudi air defenses reportedly shot down a Houthi drone headed towards Mecca, the Saudi-led coalition said early Wednesday, while the Houthis denied responsibility for targeting the holy city. According to coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, the drone was...
A UN fact-finding mission concluded that the US intentionally targeted a school building in Iran that was struck on the opening day of the war, rejecting the possibility that the school was accidentally hit during an attack on a neighboring Iranian military facility....
President Donald Trump says the war in Iran may be ending soon as Tehran is begging to make a deal. He added that Iranian and American officials recently had direct contact. An Iranian official said talks between the US and Iran will not resume until Washington...
South Korean officials said Seoul is discussing what role the country could play in efforts to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. So far, South Korea has refused to participate in the US war against Iran, drawing President Donald Trump's ire. First Vice...
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Wednesday that he would not approve a massive US-funded $2.8 billion transfer of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that the Trump administration is planning to advance. "I remain...
Israeli forces have raided the town of Abdin in southwestern Syria’s Yarmouk River Basin, in Daraa Governorate. The raid saw troops advance into the al-Areadah residential neighborhood to search homes. Reports from the town were that Israeli troops, in the course of...
US officials met with representatives of Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, at the US Embassy in Muscat, Oman, over the weekend to discuss the conflict in Yemen, according to a report from Reuters. Sources told Reuters that the meeting took place on Sunday...
Yemen's SABA news agency on Wednesday published what it said were photos of a US-made Saudi F-15SA fighter jet that was shot down by Ansar Allah over the Yemeni province of Marib. So far, the shootdown has yet to be confirmed by US or Saudi sources, but the photos...
