Pakistan and Turkey will deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under their new trilateral defense pact as the war in Yemen continues to escalate several months after it was reignited by Saudi airstrikes on the Sanaa International Airport. The Mecca defense pact between...
Israeli Forces Block Firefighters After Setting Fires in Southwest Syria
Israeli forces continue to operate in southwestern Syria, with incidents reported in Quneitra, Daraa, and Rif Damasq Governorates. While most of the cross-border incidents involve the Israeli military searching homes and establishing temporary checkpoints in Syrian...
Turkish F-16s Launch Airstrikes Near Mogadishu as US-Backed Somali Government Fights Major Battle With al-Shabaab
Turkish F-16 fighter jets have carried out airstrikes outside Mogadishu as US-backed Somali federal government forces have been locked in a major battle with al-Shabaab over Basra, a village about 22 miles northwest of the Somali capital. Garowe Online reported that...
Report: CIA Had ‘Low Confidence’ in Israeli Intel About Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot Against Trump
US intelligence officials were skeptical of Israeli intelligence that claimed there was a threat of an Iranian assassination plot against President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month, which prompted the Secret Service to secretly move him to a military...
Report: Turkey Suspects Israel Fabricated Trump Assassination Plot To Derail US-Iran Diplomacy
Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. The...
As Attacks Grow, Lebanon Army Chief Accuses Israel of Obstructing Pilot Zones
After denouncing yesterday’s Hezbollah drone strike on an unmanned military bulldozer as a “blatant ceasefire violation,” Israeli forces have reportedly escalated the number of strikes they carried out against southern Lebanon overnight and into Wednesday. Drone...
Trump Says He Will Lift Sanctions on Turkey and ‘Certainly Consider’ F-35 Sale
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US will lift sanctions imposed on Turkey in 2020 and that he would "certainly consider" selling F-35 fighter jets to the country, as he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the NATO summit in...
Report: Turkey Preparing for Influx of Refugees From Iran if US Attacks
Turkey is preparing for the possibility of an influx of refugees from Iran, Bloomberg has reported, as the US is preparing to launch a potential attack on the Islamic Republic, which could spark a full-blown regional war. Bloomberg's sources said that officials in...
Vance’s X Account Deletes Post About Armenian Genocide
Vice President JD Vance's X account posted a tweet on Tuesday mentioning the Armenian genocide and quickly deleted it as the Trump administration has reversed the Biden administration's policy of recognizing the Ottoman Empire's systematic mass killing of Armenian...
Turkish DM: No Plans to Withdraw Troops From Either Syria or Iraq
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says that the Turkish military has no intention of withdrawing from either Iraq or Syria irrespective of what agreements have been reached by other factions within those countries. There had been speculation, particularly with...


