The Pentagon said Monday that it's sending additional troops to the Middle East after Israel significantly escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon earlier in the day. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said, "In light of increased tension in the Middle East and...
The Biden administration is preparing to provide Taiwan with $567 in military aid as the US continues to ignore China's red lines related to the island, Defense News reported on Friday. The weapons package is in the final stages and will be provided through the...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday that Israel's assault on the enclave killed 40 more Palestinians and injured 58 in the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since October 7 to 41,431 and the number of wounded to 95,818. "The Israeli occupation committed...
The US has no plans to remove the controversial Typhon missile system from the Philippines, Reuters reported last week, a move that is ratcheting up tensions with China. The US deployed the Typhon system to the Philippines in April, and Philippine officials previously...
The US and the UK may permit Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes inside Russian territory without it becoming public until the first one is fired, The Times reported on Friday. Ukraine has received Storm Shadows from the UK and a variant from...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan that would result in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza, CNN reported on Sunday. The report, citing the Israeli broadcaster Kan, said that during a closed-door meeting of the...
Sheikh Naim Kassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, said Sunday that the Lebanese group is in a "new phase" of its fight with Israel following a series of Israeli escalations in Lebanon. Kassem described the new phase as an "open-ended battle of reckoning" and said...
Senior US officials have concluded that a Gaza ceasefire deal will likely not be reached before President Biden's term comes to an end on January 20, 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. For months, Biden administration officials have claimed that a...
Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian prime minister and the EU's first defense commissioner, has said Europe must be ready to fight Russia within 6-8 years. "Defense ministers and NATO generals agree that Vladimir Putin could be ready for confrontation with NATO and...
Before thousands of pagers blew up in Lebanon on Tuesday, Israel informed the US that it was preparing an operation in the country but didn't say what it was, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that Israeli Defense...
