Tag: ActiveConflicts
Niger Accuses France of Planning Third Attack
Niger's transitional leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said in a July 26 RTN interview marking the third anniversary of the 2023 coup that the Sahel alliance plans to grow its joint force from 5,000 to 18,000 troops, and claimed French intelligence had equipped the militants behind a June 18 assault on Niamey's…
Israeli Defense Minister Orders West Bank Camp Takeover
Defense Minister Israel Katz, according to i24NEWS, instructed the IDF to expand West Bank operations and prepare to take over another refugee camp, following a security meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. A Defense Ministry statement said the operation would mirror Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams, where the…
US Intercepts Iranian Missiles Fired at Jordan Base
Jordan's air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday, hours after US Central Command downed a separate ballistic barrage aimed at American forces, shattering a days-long pause, the Associated Press reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and CENTCOM's Jordan headquarters.Iraq's Popular Mobilization…
Lebanon’s Army Accuses Israel of Blocking Pullout
The pilot-zone plan Israel and Lebanon agreed to in late June covers just three villages, Froun, Srifa, and Zawtar al-Gharbieh, with no fixed exit timetable for Israeli forces, and Trump declined to commit to one during his July 21 meeting with President Joseph Aoun, according to PBS News. Two of…
Zelenskyy Appoints New Military Chief
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Tuesday, appointing Joint Forces Commander Mykhailo Drapatyi in his place. Zelenskyy thanked Syrskyi for leading Ukraine's defense in Kyiv, the Kharkiv counteroffensive, and the Kursk operation, saying: "A significant path has been traveled," according to Ukrainska Pravda.The move followed the dismissal of…
Kyiv Hit by Massive Ballistic Attack
Russia launched one of its most massive ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv overnight into July 19, killing one person and injuring 16 others across the capital and surrounding region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy wrote that Russian forces fired more than 40 missiles of various types, most aimed at the…
Two US Service Members Killed in Iran’s Jordan Strike
Two American service members were killed, and a third went missing Friday as ballistic missiles and drones struck US positions in Jordan, part of an Iranian barrage that also hit Camp Arifjan's support center and a radar facility at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. CENTCOM said the two were…
Yemen’s Houthis Warn Saudi Arabia of New War
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi threatened a major escalation against Saudi Arabia in a televised speech Thursday, warning of a "different war" if Riyadh continues what he called its "siege and aggression" against Yemen, according to Al Bawaba. He said Saudi oil facilities and other strategic infrastructure would become targets…
1,120 Dead in Gaza Since Ceasefire Began
Israeli attacks killed at least five Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera, continuing a pattern of near-daily violence nine months into a ceasefire meant to end the war. Strikes hit Tuffah in Gaza City, a displacement camp in western Gaza City, and Khan Younis, among other locations.Israeli…
Blockade Bites as US Strikes Gulf Island
US Central Command struck Greater Tunb Island on July 15, targeting cruise missile storage and launch sites along with coastal defense systems in a 90-minute wave, according to AP. Iran seized the island along with Abu Musa and Lesser Tunb from what would become the UAE in 1971, and the…
