A senior member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus on Monday, according to Iranian media, and Tehran is vowing that it will respond. The IRGC commander, Seyyed Razi Mousavi, was serving as a military...
US Forces Have Come Under Attack Over 100 Times in Iraq and Syria Since October
A Pentagon official said Thursday that US troops in Iraq and Syria have come under attack at least 102 times since October 17, when the attacks started due to US support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. The Pentagon official told Military Times that the number...
Senate Votes Down Resolution to Withdraw Troops from Syria
The Senate on Thursday voted down a resolution that would have directed President Biden to withdraw all US troops from Syria, where US forces have come under frequent attack in response to President Biden's support for Israel's Gaza onslaught. The bill failed in a...
US Launches Airstrike in Iraq, At Least Five Militia Members Killed
A US airstrike killed at least five Iraqi militia members in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province as the situation in the region is escalating following the resumption of Israel's assault on Gaza. Iraqi security sources told AFP that the strike targeted a site used by the...
Iran Says Two IRGC Members Killed by Israeli Airstrikes in Syria
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said two of its members stationed in Syria as advisors were killed by Israeli airstrikes, The Associated Press reported Saturday, citing the IRGC's website. The Syrian news agency SANA reported that Israeli airstrikes...
Rocket Targets US Base in Syria
A rocket strike on a US base in Syria on Wednesday was the first attack against US troops in Iraq or Syria since the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza took effect on November 24. A Pentagon official told The National that a single rocket targeted Mission Support...
Sen. Rand Paul to Force Vote on Syria Withdrawal
Sen. Rand Paul is planning to force a vote on a resolution he introduced to withdraw all US troops from Syria, as US bases in the country have come under frequent attack since mid-October, Responsible Statecraft reported on Wednesday. Paul introduced the resolution on...
Gaza Truce Brings Lull in Attacks on US Troops in Iraq and Syria
Since October 17, US troops based in Iraq and Syria have come under steady rocket and drone fire. At least 73 attacks have been carried out on US bases in the two countries, but they have stopped since the truce between Israel and Hamas to facilitate the hostage deal...
Israeli Airstrikes Put Syria’s Damascus Airport Out of Service
Israeli airstrikes again targeted Syria's Damascus airport on Sunday, putting it out of service, Syria's SANA news agency reported. "At approximately 4:50 on Sunday afternoon, the Zionist enemy carried out an air aggression with missiles from the direction of the...
US AC-130 Gunship Launches Strikes in Iraq, Casualties Reported
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that a US AC-130 gunship launched strikes in Iraq against people allegedly responsible for an earlier missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, which houses US troops. The Pentagon said eight US troops were...