The announcement earlier this week that the Kurdish SDF has agreed to integrate into the Syrian Army does not appear to be impacting the ongoing fighting in Aleppo Governate, where Turkey and the Turkish-backed SNA continue to try to push into Kurdish-held territory,...
The Times reported on Wednesday that European military chiefs have proposed a plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Ukraine to provide security guarantees as part of a potential future peace deal. The report said the UK and France are leading the discussions about deploying...
Updated on February 20, 2025, at 7:29 pm EST Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert G. Salesses said in a statement on Wednesday night that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of Pentagon spending to realign spending to fund priorities of the...
There has been quite a bit of disquiet in southwestern Syria after the December regime change, which was followed by a ground invasion from Israel. Israel started by seizing the demilitarized zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights but has increasingly moved...
Update on February 20 at 12:44 pm EST: According to a statement from Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert G. Salesses, Hegseth's order will not actually cut spending but offset spending from certain programs to fund priorities of the Trump administration....
On Wednesday, Elon Musk claimed a group of gangs and cartels the State Department has designated as "foreign terrorist organizations" could now be targeted by US drone strikes. "That means they’re eligible for drone strikes," Musk, a close advisor to President Trump,...
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the CIA under the new Trump administration has expanded secret drone flights over Mexican territory to hunt for fentanyl labs. US officials told the Times that the drone flights started under the Biden administration but...
On Wednesday, Hamas offered to release all remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem made the offer in a statement outlining the Palestinian group's conditions...
Tuesday marked the end of the deadline for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon, and while IDF troops are still inside Lebanese territory, the main focus Wednesday is on Israeli attacks against the parts of southern Lebanon they actually did withdraw from. In the...
On Wednesday, President Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" who has done a "terrible job" as the two leaders are trading barbs amid renewed US diplomacy with Russia. "Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked...
