Russia and Ukraine expect to hold talks in Abu Dhabi sometime in November, though no date is set, as the two sides continue to observe a local ceasefire around the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Yury Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters that Russia expects to hold trilateral […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that while Tehran is ready to defend itself, it’s also still giving diplomacy a chance, comments that come amid reports of renewed efforts from Gulf Arab states to avert another US-Israeli attack on Iran. “While our Brave Armed Forces are fully prepared to defend the Homeland, Iran […]

President Trump on Wednesday shared a quote crediting him with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lead in the Israeli elections, though his coalition is far from the majority needed to form a new government. “When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime […]

The US military is sending an additional Patriot missile system to Israel to beef up the country’s air defenses as part of preparations for a potential US-Israeli attack on Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday night. It’s estimated that the US has used about 1,700 Patriot missile interceptors, or about two-thirds of its […]

A high-profile speech by Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem this evening produced few surprises, as he reiterated backing for the terms of this summer’s US-Iran deal, support for UN Resolution 1701, but rejection of this summer’s tripartite deals between the US, Israel and the Lebanese government. Qassem laid out a position, consistent in previous Hezbollah statements, […]

The Pentagon’s estimate for the cost of the Iran war is now over $47 billion, 25% higher than its estimate from July, according to data obtained by Reuters, though the true cost of the conflict is significantly higher since the US War Department’s numbers leave out the cost of damage to US bases. The Reuters […]

Israeli military vehicles entered the village of Saida al-Golan, in Quneitra Governorate today, searching homes in the area and capturing one civilian before withdrawing from the village toward the farmland further to the west. A large number of IDF vehicles were also reported as having entered the al-Samandiyah village, where troops searched a number of […]

Saudi airstrikes in Yemen’s northern al-Jawf province hit a market and a gas station on Wednesday, killing at least 14 civilians, according to the Health Ministry within the Ansar Allah-led Yemeni government. “We condemn in the strongest terms the crime that targeted civilians in Al-Jawf Governorate, which, according to the initial toll, resulted in the […]

US Southern Command said in a statement on Tuesday that its forces bombed another alleged drug-running boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and killed at least five people, as the Trump administration continues to conduct extrajudicial executions at sea. “On October 27, under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed […]

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The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Monday that Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman’s visit to Tehran was meant to secure a ceasefire with Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, as part of a deal that would involve Riyadh transferring $1 billion to the Yemeni group to fulfill a 2023 roadmap […]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Moscow on Tuesday, Iran’s PressTV has reported. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the 8th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit, marked the second day in a row of high-level engagement between Iran and a Gulf Arab state, […]

As is true most days, multiple areas of southern Lebanon have reported being under sustained heavy artillery fire from Israeli forces. Multiple towns and villages seem to be primary targets, including in the Tyre and Nabatieh Districts. This is a problem in any season, but particularly now, because these few weeks in October are the […]

Both Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday confirmed that a humanitarian ceasefire had taken effect around Oleshky, a frontline town in Ukraine’s Kherson region that’s been under Russian control since the first days of the 2022 invasion. The purpose of the truce is to get humanitarian aid to the 2,000 remaining residents of the town and […]

Influential Druze leader and longtime Lebanese political figure Walid Jumblatt may be retired, officially, but that didn’t stop him from opining of the ongoing Israeli invasion and occupation of his country, and it quickly because an issue for the US State Department. In recent interviews, Jumblatt warned of Israel’s expansionist ambitions toward the country and […]

A six-year-old Palestinian girl died on Tuesday after being shot by Israeli forces in the al-Mawasi tent camp in southern Gaza, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. The girl, identified by the Palestinian news agency WAFA as Tihani Mohammad Saeed Shalalfeh, was mourned by her family at the Nasser […]

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Jordan on Tuesday acknowledged that airstrikes it launched in southern Syria on Monday caused civilian casualties, while also claiming that the attack killed about 20 ISIS fighters. Amman framed the strikes as retaliation for the October 23 attack on St. George’s Orthodox Church in Jordan’s western Karak province, which killed nine Christians who were attending […]

The Jordanian military on Monday launched airstrikes in southern Syria, a bombing that Amman framed as retaliation for the October 23 attack on St. George’s Orthodox Church in Jordan’s western Karak province, which killed nine Christians who were attending a funeral. The strikes hit multiple locations in Syria’s Suwayda and Daraa provinces, and according to […]

Ukrainian forces launched a major drone attack on the southwestern Russian city of Voronezh on Monday, killing at least three civilians and wounding 29, according to the latest numbers from local Russian officials. Alexander Gusev, governor of the Voronezh Oblast, said that 113 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the region, with 70 taken down […]

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Saudi airstrikes and attacks launched by Saudi-backed forces on the ground killed at least eight Yemeni civilians and wounded 19 in three Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry within the Ansar Allah-led Yemeni government. The ministry wrote on Telegram that the casualties were recorded in the provinces of Saada, […]

The US military is ready to launch potentially major attacks on Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Trump, CNN reported on Monday. Sources told the outlet that the US now has sufficient forces in the region to carry out the potential attacks, and that the strikes would likely go beyond the […]