Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the "death and destruction" the US military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days. Hegseth said at a press briefing that the...
At least 11 more people have been killed today as Israel continues its airstrikes against Lebanon, with substantial focuses of the strikes being residential areas and a hotel in the Christian-majority part of the capital city of Beirut. The Comfort Hotel, in between...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he was "fearful" that the Trump administration would put "boots on the ground" in Iran as the war the US and Israel launched on Saturday continues to escalate. "I just want to say that I am more fearful than ever...
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US would provide insurance and naval escorts for tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the waterway was closed, a response to the US and Israeli attack on Iran....
Adding to the mixed messaging coming from the Trump administration regarding the war with Iran, President Trump suggested on Tuesday that he may have "forced Israel's hand" when the conflict started. The president was responding to a question about Secretary of State...
Multiple US embassies in the Middle East have told Americans they cannot facilitate evacuations, despite a State Department advisory for US citizens to leave more than a dozen countries in the region, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. "The US Embassy is not in a...
President Trump insisted in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that the US has "unlimited" munitions to fight wars "forever," an apparent response to the concern over the US depleting its air defenses and other types of munitions in its war with Iran and questions...
President Trump is open to backing militant groups who are willing to fight the Iranian government, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Among the groups Trump is considering supporting are Kurdish forces based in Iraq, who have thousands of troops along the...
US and Israeli attacks on Iran that began on Saturday have killed at least 787 people, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Tuesday, as strikes continue to pound targets across the country. US Central Command said on Monday that it struck over 1,250 targets...
A growing number of civilians are flooding out of towns and villages in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours. Some 30,000 civilians were displaced already Monday, and the number is expected to grow markedly as Israeli troops launched a new ground invasion of the...
