The House will vote on a bill this week to provide $17.6 billion in new military aid to Israel to support the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The House previously passed a $14.3 billion resolution for Israel but cut funds to the Internal Revenue Service, so it...
US Strikes in Iraq and Syria Kill About 40, Including Civilians
A massive US bombing campaign struck scores of targets in Iraq and Syria with over 100 bombs, leaving about 40 people dead, including civilians. President Joe Biden ordered the strikes as tensions in the Middle East are rapidly escalating. On Friday, US Central...
Iraqi Bases Housing US Troops Attacked Following Strikes on Militias in Iraq and Syria
Following the attacks on dozens of sites across Iraq and Syria, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced it attacked bases that house US soldiers. Last week, three American soldiers in Jordan, near the Syrian border, were killed by a drone. The White House blamed Iran...
US Strikes Iranian Military Targets in Iraq and Syria
The White House started its military operations against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and Shia militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday. The Biden administration pledged to strike Iranian targets in the Middle East after three US soldiers...
Israel Announces It Will Attack Gaza Border City of Rafah
The head of Israeli defense has declared victory over the city of Khan Younis and vowed his forces would attack Rafah next. Rafah is the last city in Gaza not completely destroyed by the ongoing Israeli military campaign. About 75 percent of the Strip's population is...
Qatar Says Hamas Received Hostage Proposal ‘Positively,’ But No Deal Yet
A Qatari official told Reuters on Thursday that Hamas has received the latest hostage deal proposal "positively" but said there was no agreement yet. The comments came after Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said Hamas gave its "initial positive confirmation" to the...
Lloyd Austin: ‘We Don’t Know’ If Iran Was Involved in Jordan Drone Attack
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted the US does not know if Iran was operationally involved in the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers. On the same day, US officials told CBS News that plans have been approved for strikes...
US Rep. Mast, a Former IDF Soldier, Says Palestinian Babies Killed in Gaza Are Not ‘Innocent Civilians’
Members of the antiwar activist group Code Pink confronted Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, about the Palestinian babies being killed by Israel in Gaza. Mast told them the babies were not innocent. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of...
US Navy Ship Had Close Call With Houthi Missile in the Red Sea
The US Navy destroyer USS Gravely had a close call with a Houthi missile in the Red Sea on Tuesday night, US officials told CNN. The officials said a cruise missile launched by the Houthis came within one mile of the Gravely, the closest one has come to a US warship....
EU Gets Hungary to Agree on 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Ukraine
The EU successfully pressured Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to approve a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package to Ukraine, and EU leaders agreed to push through the spending on Thursday. Ahead of the summit, Financial Times reported that the EU was...