The US military has carried out at least 23 airstrikes on Somalia so far this month, part of a major surge in the Trump administration’s bombing campaign on the African nation. Last year saw a record number of strikes on Somalia, though data on civilian casualties is...
President Donald Trump informed President Ahmed al-Sharaa that he is giving Syria and Israel one month to reach an agreement. “Trump told Sharaa that he had given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a month to finalise the security deal with Damascus,” a source...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Jerusalem press conference on Tuesday, January 27, that Israeli soldiers died in Gaza because the United States imposed an “arms embargo” during Joe Biden’s presidency that left the Israel Defense Forces short of...
The Iranian Foreign Minister explained that there had been no direct communication between Tehran and Washington. President Donald Trump is threatening to restart the war with Iran if the Islamic Republic does not agree to a new nuclear agreement. “There has been no...
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has very publicly rejected President Trump’s demand he be prevented from returning to power, declaring it “blatant American interference in Iraq’s internal affairs,” and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Iraq held its most...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will maintain security control over the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. He added that he will not allow the creation of a Palestinian State. “Israel will maintain security control over the...
If you put aside the continued fighting in several parts of northern and eastern Syria, and the mounting humanitarian crisis among civilians displaced by the fighting, the ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF is holding. The tribal-backed...
President Donald Trump renewed his threats to attack Iran if the Islamic Republic does not comply with his demands. The President claimed that Iran must agree to a new nuclear deal or would be attacked by the “armada” Trump has assembled in the Middle East. “A...
Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a bill that would prevent President Donald Trump from withdrawing US support for the Syrian Kurds. For over a decade, the US used air power to protect Kurdish-controlled Syria. In recent weeks, Washington has allowed Syrian government...
Iraq’s Coordination Framework has nominated Nouri al-Maliki as their leader to attempt to form the next Iraqi government after November’s election. Maliki was Iraq’s premier from 2006 to 2014, and has led the State of Law bloc since then, trying to return to the...
