It has been nearly a full year since Israel’s invasion of Lebanon came to an end with a ceasefire agreement. That deal was meant to see an end to cross-border attacks and a withdrawal of Israeli ground troops, along with the beginning of a long effort to reconstruct...
Trump Formally Asks Israeli President To ‘Fully Pardon’ Netanyahu in Corruption Case
President Trump has sent a letter to the Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to "fully pardon" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption case, a strong show of support for the Israeli leader, who is also wanted by the International Criminal...
Lavrov Says US Consent Is the Only Thing Needed To Extend New START Treaty for One Year
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that negotiations were not necessary for the US and Russia to extend the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers. New START limits the number of nuclear warheads and...
Officials Fear Permanent Israeli Occupation of More Than Half of Gaza
Reuters reported on Tuesday that European officials and other sources are concerned that, without more progress on the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal, the so-called "yellow line" dividing Israeli-occupied Gaza from the rest of the Strip will become a de facto border,...
US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Latin America Amid Push Toward War With Venezuela
The USS Gerald Ford, the US military's largest aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Caribbean as part of a major US military buildup in the region aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to a report from USNI News, the carrier has arrived with...
Persistent Violence Fuels Fears Among Post-Assad Syrians
The ouster of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was meant to usher in a time of renewed calm in Syria, coming as it did after a bloody civil war. Some Syrians are still upbeat about their chances. Minorities, not so much. Whether they’re religious or ethnic minorities,...
Report: UK Believes US Strikes on Boats in the Caribbean Are Illegal, No Longer Sharing Intelligence
The UK has ceased sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean because it believes the US bombing campaign against vessels in the region is illegal and doesn't want to be complicit, CNN reported on Tuesday. The report comes...
Syria’s Sharaa Says Trump Didn’t Bring Up His al-Qaeda Past During White House Meeting
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Fox News that President Trump didn't bring up his past as an al-Qaeda fighter and commander during their meeting at the White House on Monday. "I think this is a matter of the past now," Sharaa said through a...
Land Grab Feared as IDF Builds Wall Deep Into Southern Lebanon
Amid Israel’s ongoing military escalation against Lebanon, there is mounting concern that the Israeli military intends to effectively seize significant parts of the southern Lebanese border area, as troops are constructing a wall in the area near Maroun El Ras and...
Report: US To Build $500 Million Military Base in Israel on the Gaza Border
The US is planning to build a large military base in Israel on the Gaza border, according to a joint report from the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim and the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. The report said that the construction of the base would cost about...


