Turkey and its auxiliaries continued its attacks on the territory of Syrian Kurds overnight, with a Turkish airstrike against a farm just south of Kobani leaving nine people in the Othman Abdo family dead. Most of the slain were reportedly children. Turkey and its...
Trump Says US Will Hold Iran Accountable for Houthi Attacks
President Trump on Monday issued a new threat to Iran, saying that he will hold Tehran accountable for Houthi attacks. The warning came after US officials acknowledged that the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, act independently from Iran and are unlikely to...
New Fighting Erupts at Syria-Lebanon Border as HTS Shells Lebanese Village, Deploys Tanks
Updated 3/17/2025 11:34 PM EDT The Lebanon-Syria border has been mostly quiet for the past month after a brief incursion by Syria’s government, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), in early February. Now there is renewed fighting in the exact same area after HTS...
Trump and Putin To Discuss Potential Ukraine Ceasefire This Week
White House envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that President Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week to discuss the potential for a ceasefire in Ukraine. "The two presidents are going to have a really good and positive discussion this week,"...
IRGC Vows ‘Decisive’ Response to Any Threat After Trump’s Yemen Warning
The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vowed on Sunday that Iran would respond "decisively" to any threat or act of aggression following President Trump's warning to Tehran over Yemen. "Iran will never be the initiator of war, but in the...
US Says It Killed ISIS Second-in-Command in Iraq Airstrike
The US has announced an airstrike in Iraq that it claimed killed the deputy leader of ISIS. US Central Command said that on March 13, its forces "conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, chief of operations and...
Israeli Military Kills 14 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday that at least 14 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks in the previous 24-hour period as Israel has ramped up its bombings amid its ongoing breach of the ceasefire deal reached in January. The ministry said the total number of...
Three Civilians Killed in Israeli Strikes in Southern Lebanon, DM Vows Troops Will Remain
Israel continued to carry out airstrikes against southern Lebanon throughout the weekend, despite Israel making much of the border dispute negotiations last week, which they claimed could lead to “normalization” between Israel and Lebanon. At least three civilians...
Yemen: US Airstrikes Kill 53, Including Women and Children
Updated on March 16, 2025, at 6:15 pm EST A major round of US airstrikes that hit Yemen on Saturday killed at least 53 people, including women and children, Yemen's Health Ministry said on Sunday. According to Yemen's SABA news agency, at least five children and two...
Major US Attacks in Northern Yemen as Trump Vows ‘Overwhelming Lethal Force’: 24 Killed
Updated 3/15/25 11:39 PM EDT US airstrikes are reportedly hitting the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa today, with President Trump promising “overwhelming lethal force” against the Houthi movement in northern Yemen unless they stop all attacks on international shipping....