Over the weekend, Israeli ground troops reentered a number of villages in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate, setting up checkpoints and confronting local residents as they attempt to pass by. The new offensives began Friday evening, entering the villages of Ayn Baida and...
Israeli Official Says Israel May Halt the Meager Aid Entering Northern Gaza Amid Famine
An Israeli official told The Associated Press on Saturday that Israel is planning to halt or slow the meager aid supplies that are entering Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza as Israel is expanding its military offensive amid a famine in the area. The...
Humanitarian Flotilla Departs Spain in Biggest Attempt to Break the Israeli Blockade on Gaza
A humanitarian flotilla of about 20 boats carrying food, water, and medicine departed Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday in the biggest attempt yet to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza, as Palestinians in the besieged territory are starving to death every day. The boats are...
Israeli Warplanes Pound Southern Lebanon, Sparking Forest Fires
On the day that the Lebanese government is expected to release its plan to fully disarm Hezbollah, Israel carried out yet more attacks against southern Lebanon, targeting the Ali al-Taher and al-Dabsheh forests near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, sparking major fires which civil...
US Announces Plan To Arm Ukraine With Thousands of Long-Range Cruise Missiles
The Trump administration has announced that it approved an $825 million weapons deal that will arm Ukraine with thousands of Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) air-launched missiles, which can hit targets up to 280 miles away, a significantly further range than...
US-Funded Hunger Monitor Concurs With UN-Backed IPC That Famine Is Occurring in Gaza
A US government-funded hunger monitor has concurred with the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that famine is taking place in the Gaza Strip. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net), which has historically been funded by the US...
Germany’s Merz Says There Will ‘Obviously’ Be No Putin-Zelensky Meeting
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that there would "obviously" be no meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Unlike what had been agreed between President Trump and President Putin last week, when...
Israeli Military Bombs Yemen’s Capital Sanaa For Second Time This Week
The Israeli military bombed the Yemeni capital of Sanaa for the second time within a week on Thursday as the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have continued their attacks on Israel in response to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials claimed...
UN Security Council Extends Lebanon Peacekeeper Mandate, But Calls for Its End in 2026
While the Trump Administration had been considering using its veto power to prevent the extension of the UN mandate for the UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the Security Council ultimately voted once again to extend the mandate through 2026. At the same time,...
European Powers Trigger ‘Snapback’ Sanctions on Iran
The UK, France, and Germany have begun the process of reimposing UN Security Council sanctions on Iran under the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, a step that makes another US-Israeli war on Iran more likely. The European...