Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that he held a phone call with President Trump amid a major US military buildup in the Caribbean and the threats of an attack on his country. Maduro said the call, which occurred last month, was "cordial" and that he...
Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza known for looting aid and its ties to ISIS, has been killed, according to media reports. Initial reports said that Abu Shabab was killed in clashes with "Gaza clans," but Israeli media later reported...
Yesterday, the US hosted a ceasefire monitoring committee meeting in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura. It was seen as historic because both Lebanese and Israeli officials attended, the first direct talks between the two nations in over 40 years. Hopes...
The US on Wednesday officially opened a new consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, that is said to be the largest US consulate building in the world. The compound sits on 206,000 square meters, or about 50 acres, and cost about $800...
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a War Powers Resolution aimed at blocking President Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization. The bill was introduced by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff...
Israeli strikes hit the al-Mawasi tent camp near Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday, as Israel continues its attacks on Palestinians in the Strip despite the US-backed ceasefire deal. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli warplanes launched a...
US Central Command announced on Wednesday that it was launching the US military's "first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East" as President Trump's Department of War continues to get further entrenched in the region. "CENTCOM launched Task Force...
Egypt on Wednesday denied that it reached an understanding with Israel on a deal to open Gaza's Rafah border crossing to just allow Palestinians to exit the Strip and not return. "If an agreement is reached to open the crossing, it will be in both directions, for...
President Trump sent a short handwritten letter to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda leader who took power in Damascus with his group of jihadists, known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), nearly one year ago. "Ahmed, you will be a great leader — and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed conditional willingness to consider a deal with Syria, but today the IDF is back to carrying out offensive operations into the country’s west and southwest. As usual, the military was active on the ground in Quneitra...
