President Trump has threatened to "blow up" the "whole country" of Iran if Tehran doesn't agree to a deal that he is demanding it sign, as the very fragile ceasefire appears to be on the verge of collapsing. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News...
Introduced late last week, the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is “holding” in the sense that it’s still being called a ceasefire, but with Israel’s weekend introduction of a Gaza-style “Yellow Line” it seems increasingly apparent this ceasefire will neither cease fire nor...
Within a day of opening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, Tehran reclosed it due to the US blockade of Iranian ports. President Donald Trump is preparing for the Navy to begin boarding Iranian vessels in international waters. In a statement, the Iranian...
President Trump declared on Friday, shortly after the start of the Israel-Lebanon 10-day ceasefire, that Israel was absolutely “PROHIBITED” by the United States from carrying out any strikes on Lebanon because “Enough is enough!!!” Mere minutes after that declaration...
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...
