President Donald Trump instructed Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon. Iran said the truce with Lebanon was the reason it elected to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough...
A statement from the US State Department on the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire that went into effect at 5 pm EST on Thursday includes language that Israel will likely exploit to continue attacks on the country. The statement says that Israel "shall preserve its right to...
The US military has completed a full withdrawal from Syria, Syrian officials told Middle East Eye on Thursday, marking the end of a military presence that first began with US special operations troops in 2015. So far, the withdrawal hasn't been confirmed by the US...
The House on Thursday just barely defeated a War Powers Resolution that would have directed President Trump to end hostilities against Iran that haven't been authorized by Congress, as the US military is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports and is deploying thousands...
Thursday’s announcement of the ceasefire in Lebanon brought some relief to the 20% of Lebanon’s population that is currently displaced by the conflict. Whether or not they’ll actually be able to return home is another matter entirely. In the hours leading up to...
Israeli officials have been saying they intended to apply a Gaza Strip model to the invasion of Lebanon, but the extent of the destruction inflicted on the southern part of Lebanon in the first month and a half of the war is even bigger than initially feared. New...
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday started a press briefing by threatening that the US was "locked and loaded" and ready to destroy Iran's energy infrastructure if the US-Israeli war against Iran restarts. "We are locked and loaded on your critical dual-use...
The US military has dramatically ramped up its bombing campaign against small boats in the waters of Latin America in recent days amid the very fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, and as it prepares for a potential attack on Cuba. According to press releases...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Thursday that its forces launched an airstrike in southern Somalia on April 15, the same day the US-backed Somali government announced major attacks against al-Shabaab that it said involved airstrikes supported by...
Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday have killed at least two Palestinians and injured several others, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported, as constant Israeli violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. WAFA reported that two brothers, Abdel Malek...
