For the past several days, Israel has been reported to be spraying “unidentified chemicals” on land in southern Lebanon, as well as southwestern Syria’s Quneitra Governorate. The chemicals were sprayed largely over farmland in both areas. Samples taken in the Lebanese...
Israel’s invaded Lebanon in late 2024, culminating in a ceasefire that was reached in November of that year. It was never much of a ceasefire, with Israel consistently launching attacks on Lebanese territory ever since. With the escalations though, it’s even less of a...
Airstrikes launched by Saudi Arabia in Yemen during the month of January that targeted the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) killed at least 13 civilians, according to the Yemen Data Project. The worst case of civilian deaths recorded by the YDP was a...
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it believes the US and Russia are no longer bound by New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers, which is set to expire on Thursday. "In the current circumstances, we assume...
Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that Taiwan is the "most important issue" in US-China relations, according to Beijing's readout of the conversation. "President Xi emphasized that the Taiwan question is the most important...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that nuclear talks between the US and Iran will be held this Friday in Oman. "Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10 am Friday," Araghchi wrote on X. "I'm grateful...
The president of Somaliland told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday that he expects to sign a trade deal with Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a decree recognizing the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto independent state within Somalia’s...
US Central Command said on Wednesday that its forces conducted five strikes against ISIS in Syria from January 27 to February 2, while the US is also backing the Syrian government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda with a similar ideology...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that once a peace deal is signed between Russia and Ukraine, NATO troops will "instantly" deploy to Ukrainian territory. Russia has made clear that it would never accept a peace deal that involved NATO troops deploying...
The US-mediated effort to get a deal between Israel and Syria still seems to be a work in progress, and the IDF is back deploying forces into Syria’s southwestern Quneitra Governorate, and attacking farmland around the area. Ground troops entered Quneitra and went to...
