The vast majority of American voters believe President Trump should accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to maintain the limits on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals set by the New START treaty, the last piece of nuclear arms control between the two...
The Kurdish majority city of Kobane remains under the control of the SDF, and despite yet another deal between Kurdish officials and the Syrian government which was meant to resolve the conflict, the city remains under siege. As the siege of the city approaches two...
Lockheed Martin announced on January 29 that it will quadruple production of its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile interceptors under a new Pentagon framework agreement. Annual interceptor output will rise from about 96 to 400 per year. “Today’s...
President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela’s airspace will soon be reopened to commercial flights from the United States, claiming the country was under “very strong control” and that Americans would be safe to travel there. Trump announced the decision during a...
President Donald Trump is considering strikes on Iran, hoping the attack will restart anti-government protests. Reuters reported on Thursday that Trump was hoping strikes on Iran would reignite the protest movement. Earlier this month, the President was considering...
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that “it looks like” Hamas is “going to disarm,” and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the group would “give up their AK-47s,” as Washington pressed a second-phase Gaza framework in which demilitarization is a core...
The Israeli military wants to limit aid deliveries to Gaza to a third of what Israel is required to allow to enter the Strip. The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday that the IDF has recommended restricting aid deliveries to Gaza to 200 trucks per day. The Israeli...
Senior Israeli defense officials met with top US officials to discuss a future conflict with Iran. According to Axios, “The Israelis came to DC to share intelligence on possible targets inside Iran.” Israeli military intelligence chief Gen. Shlomi Binder led the...
Ukraine and Russia have agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure. President Donald Trump confirmed Moscow had agreed to stop strikes on Ukraine's energy targets. On Thursday, unconfirmed reports claimed that Russia and Ukraine agreed to a short-term energy...
One of the early consequences of the Saudi invasion of Yemen was that the local affiliate, called al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), seized substantial territory in the south. AQAP is no longer seen as nearly so high profile, carrying out occasional attacks on...
