As the war continues to escalate between Israel and Iran, a lot of nations are hoping to stay out of the fight. That doesn’t mean people don’t have an opinion on Israel’s attack last week, and indeed some nations are seeing it become a political issue, as they didn’t...
Updated on June 11, 2025, at 9:59 pm EST The US is on high alert in the Middle East and is anticipating a potential Israeli attack on Iran, The Washington Post has reported. Amid the anticipation, the US is reducing the presence of non-essential personnel in the...
US Central Command on Wednesday announced that it supported a series of operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria from May 21 to May 27, as US troops remain involved in combat in the two countries. CENTCOM said that from May 21 to May 22, it supported the US-backed...
Next month, Iraq will host the Arab League’s 34th summit in Baghdad. This was seen as an exciting opportunity for Iraq after the protracted US invasion and occupation, to finally reclaim some regional influence for themselves. It’s become a source of no small amount...
Syria’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led government and its role in the massacre of well over a thousand civilians, mostly Alawites, in the northwest earlier this month continues to loom large not just internally but in Syria’s relationship with the...
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...
Iran on Monday denounced the US decision not to renew a sanctions waiver for Iraq that allowed it to purchase electricity from neighboring Iran, a move that's part of the Trump administration's so-called "maximum pressure campaign" against Tehran. "Such statements are...
US Central Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces backed an airstrike near Rawa, Iraq, that was launched by Iraqi Security Forces on February 12. The command claimed the strike killed five ISIS fighters and said its "initial post-strike clearance...
Yemen's Houthis are ready to restart attacks on Israel if there is an escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza and the ceasefire falls apart, the group's leader said on Tuesday. "Our hands are on the trigger, and we are ready to immediately escalate against the Israeli...
US Central Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces supported airstrikes near Kirkuk, Iraq, on January 31 that it claimed killed five ISIS operatives. The command said the airstrikes were carried out by Iraqi government security forces and "enabled"...
