US Central Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces in Syria "advised, assisted, and enabled" more than 22 military operations over the past month that resulted in the killing of five alleged ISIS members and the capture of 19. CENTCOM said the...
Ukrainian Justice and Energy Ministers Forced To Resign as Corruption Scandal Rocks Ukraine
Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have been forced to resign amid a corruption probe by Ukraine's anti-graft watchdogs, which found that close allies of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have skimmed about $100 million from Ukraine's energy sector. The...
Biden Administration Had Intelligence That Israel Was Using Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
The US gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing their soldiers using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza by sending them into tunnels and buildings believed to be lined with explosives, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two US officials....
South Lebanon Prevented From Post-War Reconstruction by Persistent Israeli Strikes
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...


