Antiwar.com has joined 19 other news outlets, seven press freedom organizations, and 113 journalists in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for the US to end weapons transfers to Israel to stop supporting the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. The...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday that one of its officers died due to wounds that were sustained in a strike launched by the US-led coalition in Syria. Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of the IRGC, said in a statement that Col....
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that the number of Palestinians it has recorded killed by the Israeli onslaught has surpassed 40,000, or about 2% of the population. The number is considered a conservative estimate since it doesn't account for the 10,000 people...
The State Department on Wednesday said that at "no point" in recent talks with the Iraqi government has the US discussed the idea of withdrawing troops from Iraq. The comments came in response to questions about reports saying that the US was planning to withdraw....
On Wednesday, Hamas reiterated that it wants to implement a ceasefire proposal that was unveiled by President Biden in May instead of restarting hostage deal talks with Israel. "The movement demands a clear commitment by the [Israeli] occupation to what was agreed...
There is growing support among Israeli officials to launch an offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report comes as Israel is anticipating a major response from Hezbollah to the assassination of Fuad Shukr, a...
German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany. The man, who was identified by the media as 44-year-old Volodymyr Zhuravlov, is a...
President Biden said on Tuesday that he was in "constant contact" with the Ukrainians about the invasion of Russia's Kursk Oblast, signaling deep US involvement in the invasion of Russia. "I’ve spoken with my staff on a regular basis probably every four or five hours...
NATO countries think it's unlikely Ukraine will be able to hold territory in Russia's Kursk Oblast even if it takes weeks for Russian forces to drive the Ukrainians out, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing a Western intelligence official. Despite that assessment, the...
President Biden said Tuesday that he thinks Iran might not launch a retaliatory attack on Israel if a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal is reached. When asked if Iran might scrap its plans to retaliate for the Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran if Israel and...
