Israeli airstrikes against targets in Syria are becoming an almost daily occurrence, with another round of strikes reported today in the city of Qusayr, along the border with neighboring Lebanon. The outskirts of Qusayr came under attack on Friday, killing 10 people,...
Ukraine Claims It Has Fired on North Korean Troops in Russia’s Kursk
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov claimed on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had engaged with North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast for the first time. A day earlier, another Ukrainian official made a similar claim, saying Ukrainian forces fired artillery...
Israeli Strike on Home in Northern Gaza Kills 25, Including 13 Children
An Israeli strike on a home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, killed at least 25 Palestinians, including 13 children, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Tuesday. Medical sources told WAFA that people are still missing under the rubble, meaning the death toll...
US Military Says It Was Involved in 95 Anti-ISIS Operations That Killed 163 in 60 Days
US Central Command said in a press release on Monday that its forces were involved in 95 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria since August 29. Some of the operations were conducted with Iraqi government forces in Iraq and Kurdish-led forces in Syria. The US also...
Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister Gallant
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who was recently calling for Israel to make "painful concessions" to reach a hostage deal with Hamas. "Unfortunately, over the past months, the trust between...
State Department Spokesman Cracks Joke About Israel’s Starvation Blockade on Gaza
State Department spokesman Matt Miller on Monday made a joke and laughed when pressed about Israel failing to meet US requests to allow more aid into Gaza as it's imposing a starvation blockade on the northern part of the Strip. The Biden administration sent a letter...
US Soldier Injured Earlier This Year on Gaza Pier Dies
A US Army soldier who was injured earlier this year while working on the US-constructed temporary pier off Gaza has died due to his wounds, CNN reported on Monday. Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, was one of three US soldiers injured while working on the pier in...
Israel Imposed Evacuation in Much of East Lebanon, But Many Attacks Outside Those Zones
Last week, Israel imposed massive evacuation orders including a lot of heavily populated parts of eastern Lebanon, including an evacuation of the entire ancient city of Baalbek. People started fleeing, and within hours, the missiles started hitting the city and...
Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Have Killed Over 3,000 Since October 2023
Lebanon's Health Ministry said Monday that the total number of people killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 2023 has crossed 3,000. The death toll is more than twice the number of killed in Israel's last major conflict in the country, the 2006 Lebanon...
Israel Informs UN of Its Plan To End Relationship With Palestinian Relief Agency
Israel formally notified the United Nations on Monday of its decision to end its relationship with the UN's Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, which millions of Palestinians rely on to survive. Israel said it was ending a 1967 agreement that regulated its relations...