The US and Israel on Monday announced that their militaries held joint naval drills a day earlier, exercises that come amid a major US military buildup in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. US Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet announced the...
US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, according to media reports, as the US continues building up its forces in the Middle East to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. According to...
Jack Lew, who served as President Biden's ambassador to Israel, stopped a memo from reaching senior Biden administration officials in early 2024 that described north Gaza as an "Apocalyptic Wasteland" with dire shortages of food and medical aid, Reuters reported on...
Israeli forces killed a three-year-old boy in Gaza on Monday as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. The boy, Iyad Ahmed Naeem al-Raba'i, was killed when Israeli warships shelled tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the...
Israeli authorities have ordered the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to cease all operations in Gaza by February 28 as Israel continues to impede humanitarian relief efforts inside the Palestinian territory. Israel said that it was shutting...
The top US and Israeli generals held talks in Washington amid threats of a US attack on Iran, Reuters reported on Sunday. Two unnamed US officials told the outlet that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir met at the...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on his country would lead to a "regional war," comments that come amid threats of a US attack on the Islamic Republic as the US military is building up its forces in the region. "The...
The Trump administration has approved $6.5 billion in new weapons deals for Israel that include Apache attack helicopters and military vehicles, a step Secretary of State Marco Rubio took without waiting for the normal congressional review process. According to The...
The US has begun a $70 million military construction project to expand a runway at the Manda Bay airbase in Kenya near the Somali border as it continues to significantly escalate its air war in Somalia. US and Kenyan officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on...
Update: US Africa Command told Antiwar.com on February 2 that its forces have launched 26 airstrikes in Somalia so far this year US forces launched at least 25 airstrikes in Somalia in January as the Trump administration has escalated the pace of its record-shattering...
