Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy for the Middle East, said Thursday that President Trump's latest ultimatum against Hamas, which included a threat against the "people of Gaza," came after the US didn't like what it heard in direct talks with the Palestinian group....
16 Syrian Troops Killed Amid Heavy Fighting With Alawite Militias
Heavy fighting erupted along the northern Syrian coast today, with at least 16 troops loyal to the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government reported killed in clashes around the Alawite heartland of Jableh. Details are still emerging, but the Syrian Defense...
Ukrainian Ambassador to UK Says the US Is ‘Destroying’ the ‘World Order’
Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief who now serves as the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, has said the US is "destroying" the "world order" in comments critical of the Trump administration's approach toward the war. Speaking at a conference hosted by...
US B-52 Bomber Flies With Israeli Jets Over Eastern Mediterranean
A US B-52 Stratrofortress bomber flew over the eastern Mediterranean Sea on March 4, marking the third US flyover of the Middle East in the past month, shows of force that are meant as threats toward Iran and its allies in the region. "Israeli F-35i and F-15i aircraft...
Trump Says the ‘People of Gaza’ Will Be ‘Dead’ If Hostages Aren’t Released
President Trump on Wednesday issued a threat against the civilian population of Gaza, saying the "people of Gaza" would be "dead" if the Israeli hostages weren't released immediately. "Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold...
UN Food Agency Says It Has Under Two Weeks Worth of Food Supplies in Gaza Due to Israeli Blockade
The UN's World Food Program (WFP) has warned that it only has enough food supplies in Gaza to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks after Israel blocked the entrance of all goods into the Palestinian territory, The Associated Press reported on...
Yemen’s Houthis Shoot Down Another US MQ-9 Reaper Drone
The Houthis said on Tuesday that Yemeni forces have downed another US MQ-9 Reaper drone that was operating over Yemen's Hodeidah province. A US military official acknowledged to Al Arabiya that the US Air Force had lost contact with one of its MQ-9 drones that was...
Israel’s Smotrich Meets With US Treasury Secretary in Washington
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and Israeli annexation of the West Bank, has arrived in the US and met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington on Wednesday. The Biden...
Israel Advances Deeper Into Southern Syria, Interrogates Civilians
Earlier this week, Israeli troops started their deepest invasion into Syrian territory yet, parachuting into the village of El Mal, in the northern part of the Daraa Governorate. El Mal is about 14 km from the occupied Golan Heights. Exactly what they were doing in El...
Trump Suspends Intelligence Sharing With Ukrainian Military
The Trump administration has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine on top of the suspension of military aid as part of an effort to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to pursue peace talks with Russia. The intelligence pause has had an immediate effect on...