US Southern Command said on Wednesday that its forces blew up another alleged drug-running boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing at least four people. As usual, the command offered no evidence to back up its claim that the boat was carrying drugs, something the Pentagon...
Report: US Preparing Major Escalation Against Iran That Could Include Ground Troops and Intensified Bombing
The Pentagon is developing options for a potential major escalation against Iran that could involve ground troops and an intensified bombing campaign, Axios reported on Thursday. US officials and other sources speaking to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, a former IDF...
Iranian Official Suggests Yemen’s Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait If US Launches Ground Attacks
An Iranian official on Wednesday suggested that Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, could close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, if the US launches ground operations against Iran. So far, the Houthis, who govern...
US Arms Control Official Refuses To Comment When Asked If Israel Has Nuclear Weapons
A senior US arms control official on Wednesday refused to comment when asked during a congressional hearing if Israel has nuclear weapons, maintaining the US government's ambiguity over Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal. "I can't comment on that specific question....
Top GOP Lawmaker Says Pentagon Not Sharing Enough Details on Potential Iran Ground War
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the US War Department on Wednesday for not providing enough information about the US war against Iran, including plans for potential ground operations. According to POLITICO, Rogers said...
Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Drone Attacks as Peace Process Is Stalled
Russia and Ukraine traded massive drone attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday as Russian forces in eastern Ukraine appear to have launched a new spring offensive, as much of the world's attention is on the US-Israeli war against Iran in the Middle East. The Russian...
Two Palestinians Killed, Several Children Wounded, by Israeli Attacks in Gaza
At least two Palestinians were killed, and several more were wounded by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Wednesday, the Quds News Network has reported, as Israeli attacks continue across the Strip amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. The report said that the two...
Iran Rejects US Proposal To End War, Lays Out Its Own Conditions: Iranian Media
Iran's PressTV reported on Wednesday that Tehran has rejected the Trump administration's 15-point proposal to end the war the US and Israel launched on February 28 and laid out its own conditions to end the conflict. "Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and...
Suspected US Airstrike Kills Seven Iraqi Soldiers
Seven members of Iraq's armed forces were killed on Wednesday in what was likely a US airstrike on a base the Iraqi military shares with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a coalition of mostly Iran-aligned Shia militias that the US has targeted since the start of...
Health Ministry: Israel Has Killed 1,094 in Lebanon in March, Including 121 Children
22 more people were killed in Lebanon in the last 24 hours and 153 were wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, as the Israeli invasion and occupation of the south of the country continues to grow. The Health Ministry has documented 1,094 people as having...


