Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he's ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to show US support for Israel amid fighting in Gaza and southern Israel. The strike group is led by the aircraft...
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the second time since Hamas launched an operation in southern Israel and said that more US military aid is on its way. According to the White House, President Biden "conveyed that...
Rep. Michael McCaul on Sunday said the House needed a speaker to "replenish" Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, which would involve providing Israel with more military aid. "We have to get a Speaker elected this week, so we can get things on the floor like...
At least two Syrian soldiers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province late Monday night, Syrian state media reported. "At approximately 11:50 pm today, Monday 10/2/2023, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack on some of our...
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a defense pact with the US in exchange for normalizing with Israel regardless of whether or not concessions are made to the Palestinians, Reuters reported Friday, citing regional sources. Riyadh is looking for a commitment from the...
Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a UN conference, making him the first senior Israeli official to publicly visit the Kingdom, which comes as the US is pushing for a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal. "Tourism is a bridge between...
Israeli airstrikes hit targets near Syria's Mediterranean Sea port city of Tartous on Wednesday, killing two Syrian soldiers, Syria's SANA news agency reported. The report said the strikes targeted air defense positions. On top of the two Syrian soldiers that were...
On Tuesday, the State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas amid a US push to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi...
Israeli airstrikes on Syria targeted the Aleppo airport early Monday morning, knocking it out of service, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At about 4:30 a.m. on Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of the...
Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Monday wounded at least one Syrian soldier, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. "At around 11:55 this evening, the Israeli enemy carried out a guided missile attack from the direction of the occupied...
