When the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power in Syria in December, it was seen as the presumptive end of the protracted civil war in that country, since it removed President Assad from power. Since then, there seems to be quite a bit of internal conflict...
President Trump has announced that he would be holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, followed by a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday and called for Catholics to keep in mind those suffering in Gaza, Ukraine, and Myanmar. "In the joy of faith and communion, we cannot forget our brothers and sisters who suffer...
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has told Antiwar.com that it won't share details about casualties in its airstrikes in Somalia as the new Trump administration "settles in." According to AFRICOM press releases, the US has launched at least 24 airstrikes in Somalia since...
On Sunday, Israel continues its attacks against southern Lebanon with a drone strike against an army checkpoint in Bint Jbeil District. The strikes wounded at least two people, one of whom was a Lebanese soldier. The reports are that the drone targeted a vehicle at...
More than a dozen Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on at least two major ports in Yemen on Friday, according to Israeli and Yemeni officials. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued evacuation notices for three areas in Yemen last week, threatening retaliation to...
Update 5/28/25 12:10pm EST: The US embassy in Libya has denied this report. The Donald Trump administration is attempting to bribe one of the warring parties in Libya to accept 1 million Palestinians that Israel is attempting to cleanse from Gaza. Libya became a...
Moscow and Kiev each agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war during Friday’s peace talks in Istanbul, the first direct sit-down between the warring states in more than three years. Little progress was made toward a broader truce, however. Speaking after the meeting,...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that President Donald Trump has become “concerned” about the Palestinians in Gaza. In March, Tel Aviv imposed a total blockade on all goods and aid entering the Strip, leading to...
President Donald Trump wrapped up his first trip abroad since returning to the Oval Office by sending Iran a proposal for a nuclear agreement and threatening that something “bad” would happen if Tehran did not quickly make a deal with Washington. On Friday, Trump said...
