A State Department dissent memo obtained by Axios slams President Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza, saying the US is backing Israeli "war crimes." The memo was signed by 100 State Department and USAID employees and says the US should reassess its policy toward...
Report: US Concerned Israel Is Trying to Provoke Wider Lebanon War
Some members of the Biden administration are concerned that Israel is looking to provoke Hezbollah as a pretext for a wider war in Lebanon that could draw in the US, Axios reported on Sunday. Since the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, Hezbollah and Israel...
US Carries Out Another Round of Airstrikes in Eastern Syria
The Pentagon announced on Sunday night that it launched another round of airstrikes in eastern Syria, targeting facilities "used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-affiliated groups," referring to the Shia militias that operate in the region....
Report Claims Jailed Ukrainian Military Officer Coordinated Nord Stream Bombing
The Washington Post published a report on Saturday that alleged a senior Ukrainian military officer directed the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, which blew up on September 26, 2022. The Post's anonymous...
Netanyahu Says Israeli Military Is The Only Force That Can Control Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several times in recent days that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the only force that can control Gaza after the war, signaling plans for a long-term military occupation. "IDF forces will remain in control of the...
Jake Sullivan Says Israel Should Follow ‘Rules of War’ But Won’t Judge If They Are
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Israel should follow the "rules of war" in Gaza but would not say if he believed the Israeli military is doing so. Sullivan made the comments on CNN's "State of the Union" when he was asked if Israel needed to...
Israeli President Claims Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Was Found in Child’s Room in Gaza
Israeli President Isaac Herzog claimed in an interview with BBC on Sunday that Israeli forces found a copy of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" in a child's bedroom in northern Gaza in his latest attempt to justify the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Herzog...
Top US General Warns Israel’s Killing of Civilians Will Create More Hamas Members
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has expressed concern that Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians will help Hamas recruit more militants and cautioned against a long war in Gaza. Asked by reporters if the high civilian casualty rate will...
Republicans and Democrats Unite to Push for Assange’s Freedom
A bipartisan group of 16 members of Congress has called on President Biden to drop the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, warning of the grave threats to press freedom if he is convicted. The lawmakers made the call in a letter sent to President Biden on...
Four More Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and Syria After US Airstrikes
US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked by rockets or drones four times since the US launched another round of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Sources told The Guardian that US forces were targeted in three separate...