The Pentagon announced on Friday that it was providing Ukraine with a new weapons package worth $1.7 billion, which includes munitions for air defense systems, ammunition for HIMARS rocket systems, artillery shells, and other types of equipment. The package includes...
Israel Kills Two, Injures Five in Southern Lebanon Attacks
Nearly daily attacks back and forth across the Lebanon-Israel border continued today, with an Israeli drone strike hitting a motorbike in Mays al-Jabal close to the Israel border, killing two riders and injuring a child. Those killed were reported by the Israeli...
US, Japan Announce Steps To Strengthen Alliance in Buildup Aimed at China
The US and Japan have announced steps to strengthen their military alliance as part of a US-led buildup in the region aimed at China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are visiting the region and held talks with their Japanese...
Erdogan Says Turkey Could ‘Enter’ Israel Like It Did in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to threaten military intervention against Israel, saying Turkey could "enter" Israel as it did in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to...
Netanyahu Postpones the Evacuation of 150 Sick and Wounded Children from Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the evacuation of 150 sick and wounded Palestinian children from Gaza to the UAE, Israeli media reported on Sunday. A source told Haaretz that Netanyahu made the decision in response to the killing of 12 Arab Druze...
Putin Warns Russia Will Respond to US Missile Deployment in Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Sunday that Russia could deploy new missile systems in response to a planned US missile deployment to Germany and warned of a Cold War-style incident. Earlier this month, the US announced it would deploy missiles to Germany in...
Druze Mourn 12 Children Killed by Rocket in Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights
On Sunday, members of the Arab Druze community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights mourned 12 children who were killed when a rocket hit a soccer field in the village of Majdal Shams a day earlier. Israel has pinned the blame for the rocket strike on Hezbollah,...
Trump Says US Should Wipe Iran ‘Off the Face of the Earth’ If He’s Assassinated
Former President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media site Truth Social that the US should wipe Iran "off the face of the earth" if he's ever assassinated. After the assassination attempt on Trump, CNN reported that the US had intelligence from a single...
Italy To Restore Diplomatic Ties With Syria
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has announced that Italy will appoint an ambassador to Syria for the first time in 12 years. According to The Associated Press, Tajani said one reason why Rome was restoring ties with Damascus was to "prevent Russia from...
Pentagon Finds Another $2 Billion in Ukraine Aid ‘Accounting Errors’
The Pentagon discovered $2 billion in additional accounting errors regarding its valuation of missiles, ammo, and other equipment provided to Kiev, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found on Thursday. The Defense Department made a similar claim last...