An Iranian naval destroyer, the Alborz, has passed through the Bab el-Mandab Strait and entered the Red Sea amid soaring tensions in the waters, Iranian media reported on Monday. The news came after US Navy helicopters sank three boats belonging to Yemen's Houthis,...
Venezuela Sends 6,000 Troops to Guyana Border, Says They’ll Stay Until British Warship Leaves
Tensions over the fate of Guyana’s Essequibo region continue to rise with reports Venezuela is deploying some 6,000 troops into the border region to conduct exercises over the disputed region. The deployment is in response to Britain’s deployment of the HMS Trent off...
Biden Again Warns the US Could Fight Russia Directly If Congress Doesn’t Approve More Ukraine Aid
President Biden on Friday called again for Congress to approve more spending on the war in Ukraine, claiming that if Russian President Vladimir Putin is successful in its war, it could risk pulling the US into a direct confrontation with Russia. Biden made the...
Israeli Finance Minister Calls for Expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has again called for the expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and for the return of Israeli settlements to the enclave. "What needs to be done in the Gaza Strip is to encourage emigration," Smotrich, leader of the...
Israeli Military Says Gaza Slaughter Will Continue for All of 2024
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that it would withdraw some troops from Gaza but that it expects the brutal assault on the enclave to continue through the entire year of 2024, The Times of Israel reported. IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the...
Suspected Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least Six Militants in Eastern Syria
Three suspected Israeli airstrikes hit eastern Syria near the Iraqi border on Saturday, killing at least six militants. The strikes hit targets near the city of al-Bukamal in the Deir Ezzor province. Both the US and Israel have launched airstrikes in the area before,...
US Military Sinks Three Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Killing 10
The US military sank three vessels belonging to Yemen's Houthis during a confrontation in the Red Sea on Sunday, killing 10, as tensions continue to rise in the region due to the US-backed Israeli slaughter in Gaza. According to US Central Command, four Houthi boats...
Ukrainian Attack on Russia Kills At Least 21
Update 12/31/23: Russia now says the toll in the attack has risen to 21 killed (including 3 children) and 111 injured. Ukraine conducted a major attack inside Russian territory, leaving at least 14 people dead. The war has escalated over the past week as Ukraine has...
UNICEF: ‘Deadliest Year on Record’ for Palestinian Children in the West Bank
As Tel Aviv’s brutal bombing campaign and ground operations in the Gaza Strip have killed over 21,000 people, mostly women and children, a violent Israeli campaign of terror is ongoing throughout the occupied West Bank. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
Former Israeli PM Pushes for US To Lead Iran Regime Change Effort
The hawkish Wall Street Journal has run an op-ed from the even more hawkish Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Prime Minister from 2020 to 2022. As usual, Bennett focused heavily on the need for military action against Iran, saying the US should be leading a global effort to...