US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike near Nuur Dugle, a village in southern Somalia that al-Shabaab captured after a battle with US-backed forces, on December 18. "The airstrikes occurred in the vicinity of Nuur Dugle,...
At least five people were killed by major US airstrikes that were launched in Syria on Friday against ISIS targets, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). "The operation left at least five individuals torn pieces, including the leader of a cell...
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza on Friday to visit the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City as Palestinian Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas. "We will not forget what happened, but we look ahead,"...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to ask President Trump to support another US-Israeli war on Iran, according to an NBC News report from Saturday. The report said that Netanyahu will stress Israel's concern over Iran's production of ballistic...
Israel continues with its drone strikes against southern Lebanon today in the southern town of Yater, launching two distinct strikes against vehicles which they claimed, without providing evidence, were targeting “Hezbollah terrorists.” The first strike was against a...
Updated on December 21 at 7:58 pm EST US forces tried to board a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as the Trump administration continues to escalate its declared blockade of the country, an action traditionally considered an act of war under international...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday that Israeli forces have killed at least 401 Palestinians and wounded 1,108 since the US-backed ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, as Israel continues violating the deal. The Health Ministry's statement came a day after...
Superficially, one would think that there is substantial progress being made in Lebanon toward an enduring peace. Lebanese officials are advancing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River, as required by the ceasefire, and Lebanese and Israeli officials...
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has said Venezuela would defend the "homeland at any cost" in response to President Trump's declaration that he's imposing a blockade on all "sanctioned" tankers entering and leaving Venezuelan ports. "We say to the...
A group of Israeli settlers briefly entered Gaza on Thursday and raised an Israeli flag as they are pushing for the establishment of Jewish settlements and the total expulsion, or ethnic cleansing, of the Palestinian population. According to Haaretz, the IDF said the...
