A Russian drone struck a train platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro region on Thursday, killing at least 14 civilians, according to Ukrainian officials, as Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,200 drones toward Russia. Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state railway company, said a jet-powered drone hit the platform as commuters waited to board a train. The […]

The Iranian military on Thursday claimed that four tankers had struck mines in or near the Strait of Hormuz, as the UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that at least one tanker was attacked in the area. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy first said in a statement that three tankers traveling on an […]

Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, visited the White House on Thursday to brief President Trump on military options for attacking Iran, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The meeting marks a rare in-person briefing between Trump and the CENTCOM chief, who is known to be supportive of restarting the bombing campaign. Reporting from Axios […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that there would be no progress in negotiations with the US until the US accepts Iran’s “seven conditions,” comments that come amid reports that US Vice President JD Vance has sent a message to Mogsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. “Iran’s conditions […]

An Israeli drone strike hit a civilian car in central Gaza on Thursday, killing at least two Palestinians, medical sources told the Anadolu Agency, as the IDF continues its relentless attacks across the Strip. The car was bombed near the entrance of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, and at least one other person was wounded. Footage […]

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Since invading Lebanon in early March, Israeli officials have tried to frame the war as primarily targeting Lebanon’s Shi’ite population. From early on, the war was about destroying Shi’ite villages, displacing Shi’ite locals, and at times threatening to annihilate the Lebanese Shi’ite community outright. And certainly, the Shi’ites have borne the brunt of the destruction […]

It has been reported that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received assurances from the United States that Israel does not intend to carry out any new strikes beyond the yellow line assuming Hezbollah doesn’t attack. The report was followed with suggestions that Lebanon’s goal, then, was to convince Hezbollah to stop resisting. Israel, for its part, […]

Saudi airstrikes hit homes in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province, killing at least 12 civilians, according to the Health Ministry within the Ansar Allah-led government, as the US-backed bombing campaign continues to have a devastating impact on Yemen’s civilian population. The Health Ministry said that the strikes targeted two homes belonging to the families of Ibrahim […]

Israeli attacks in Gaza on Wednesday have killed at least five Palestinians and injured 32, medical sources told the Anadolu Agency, as the IDF continues its relentless strikes in the Strip following Tuesday’s Knesset elections. Attacks on Wednesday included an Israeli drone strike in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, southern Gaza, that killed at least […]

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, […]