Israeli officials reported two Hezbollah members were killed in an airstrike near the southern Lebanon on Friday in the area of Naqoura, not far from the Israel-Lebanon border. The attack was on a compound believed to belong to Hezbollah. Hezbollah did not confirm the...
US To Release $3.5 Billion in Military Assistance for Israel
The State Department is set to release $3.5 billion in Foreign Military Financing to Israel. The massive transfer of funds comes as the White House is asking Israel to investigate claims of rape in its detention centers for Palestinians. CNN reported speaking with...
Israel Airstrike Kills Hamas Leader in South Lebanon Port City of Sidon
Israel carried out an airstrike against a car in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on Friday evening, killing Hamas leader Samer Mahmoud al-Haj. A bodyguard, who has not been identified, was critically wounded. Haj worked in a nearby Palestinian refugee camp...
Houthi Leader Vows Yemen Will Join ‘Axis of Resistance’ in Attack on Israel
On Thursday, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi vowed the Yemeni group will coordinate with the "Axis of Resistance" in an attack on Israel in response to Israeli escalations in the region. The axis includes Iran, Hezbollah, Shia militias that operate in Iraq and...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Central Syria, Wounding Four Soldiers
Israeli airstrikes targeted central Syria on Thursday as tensions are soaring in the region amid anticipation of an Iranian reprisal attack on Israel. A Syrian military source told Al Mayadeen that the strikes targeted several military sites and injured four Syrian...
Pentagon Says It Supports Ukraine Using US Weapons in Russia’s Kursk Oblast
The Pentagon said on Thursday that Ukraine is allowed to use US weapons in its offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which began on Tuesday. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh was asked if Ukraine's use of US-provided weapons in Kursk was "consistent" with US policy....
Report: US Warns Iran of ‘Serious Risk’ If It Launches Major Attack on Israel
US officials have issued a threat to Iran, warning of serious consequences to the Iranian economy and the country's new government if it launches a major reprisal attack on Israel for the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday....
Arab Officials Say Gaza Ceasefire Deal Won’t Happen Unless US Pressures Israel
A hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas won't happen unless the US puts pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. The report cited unnamed Arab officials from Egypt and Qatar, the countries that...
US Ambassador Boycotts Nagasaki A-Bomb Ceremony Because Israel Is Not Invited
US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will boycott Friday's memorial service in Nagasaki commemorating the 79th anniversary of the US dropping a nuclear bomb on the city because Israel was not invited to attend. Emanuel said the ceremony had become "politicized" by the...
FBI Raids Home of Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter
On Wednesday, the FBI raided the home of Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and outspoken critic of the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza. Ritter told reporters outside of his New York home that the raid was related to a...