Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday called for the US to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, where most of the country’s oil exports pass, comparing the potential operation to the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. "Here's what I'd tell President Trump: Keep it up for a...
Trump Administration Issues Waiver To Permit Iranian Oil Sales for 30 Days
The Trump administration has issued a sanctions waiver allowing the purchase of Iranian oil for 30 days without the threat of US economic penalties, as it scrambles to address oil and gas prices that have been driven up as a result of the US and Israel launching a war...
Iran Says It Will Completely Close Strait of Hormuz If US Bombs Iranian Power Plants
The Iranian military has warned that if the US or Israel bomb Iran's power plants or other energy infrastructure, it will completely close the Strait of Hormuz and target similar infrastructure in Israel and regional countries hosting US bases. Lt. Col. Ebrahim...
US F-35 Fighter Jet Damaged by Iranian Fire
The US military said on Thursday that a US F-35 fighter jet was damaged by suspected Iranian fire while operating over Iran and was forced to make an emergency landing. "The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition," said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a...
Israeli Officials Say Attack on Iran’s Pars Gas Field Was Coordinated With the US
Israeli officials told The New York Times on Thursday that the attack on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field was coordinated with the US, despite President Trump claiming the US "knew nothing" of the plans to strike the energy infrastructure. The...
Trump Says NATO ‘Making a Very Foolish Mistake’ for Not Joining War Against Iran
President Trump on Tuesday criticized the US's NATO allies, saying they were "making a very foolish mistake" for not entering the US-Israeli war against Iran, as his calls for other countries to send warships to open the Strait of Hormuz have been rejected. "NATO is...
US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia
The US has launched two more airstrikes in Somalia, according to press releases from US Africa Command, as the Trump administration is keeping up the bombing campaign in the country amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. AFRICOM said that one strike was launched on...
Iran’s Top National Security Official Killed by Israeli Strike
Iran on Tuesday confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was killed by an overnight Israeli strike, the most significant Iranian leader to be assassinated since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening...
‘The Gravest Sin’: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Responds to Hegseth Invoking God at War Briefings
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has commented on US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth invoking God and reading scripture during his press briefings on the US and Israeli war against Iran. During one briefing last week, Hegseth read from...
Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Palestinians, Including a Child, in Southern Gaza
An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Tuesday killed three Palestinians, the Quds News Network has reported, as IDF attacks continue across the Strip amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. The report said the Israeli strike targeted a vehicle in the al-Mawasi tent...


