The newest rotation of US soldiers with the NATO occupation of Kosovo arrived in the small Balkan nation on Wednesday, part of up to 5,600 multinational troops based there. The US force "comprises roughly 750 soldiers from the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade out of...
Three of the Senate's most hawkish members visited Iraq on Wednesday to threaten Baghdad with damaged relations with Washington if it continues to allow Iran to send weapons to the Syrian government over Iraqi airspace. Sens. John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily broke up a key cabinet meeting on Iran on Wednesday, accusing one participant of leaking details of the secretive meetings to the press. Israel's Security Cabinet meeting convened on Tuesday to discuss regional...
Yemen has sent tribal representative to investigate the civilians killed by an apparent US drone strike launched over the weekend, according to AFP. "Three women and a child were among 14 people killed in Sunday's strike near the town of Radaa," reports AFP. The...
Iran aims to put its warships in international waters off the coast of the United States “in the next few years,” the head of the Iranian navy, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Tuesday. The official statement, issued on Iranian state TV, was a direct rhetorical...
The sweeping US-led economic sanctions being imposed on Iran are blocking necessary pharmaceuticals and medical treatment for Iran's sick and infirm, in what appears to be a cruel for of collective punishment that deliberately puts innocent lives at risk. Althought...
The Afghan government said Tuesday it expects to take full control by next week from the United States of the Bagram prison, which holds up to 3,000 inmates, many of whom have been detained without charge or trial and severely abused. Back in March, the US gave in to...
Hundreds of Afghan villagers in the northern province of Kunduz staged a protest this week after US-backed warlords murdered up to 16 civilians as a reprisal for a Taliban assassination of a member of their militia. These pro-government militias are among the gangs...
Although the US military has suspended the training of some Afghan police recruits so they can be re-vetted in response to rising "insider attacks," Afghan officials say they lack the resources to properly screen new Afghan security force trainees. These so-called...
Iran would strike US military bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities, the leader of Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hassan...
