Tag: MiddleEast
Israeli Troops Raid Syrian Border Village
Israeli forces entered the village of al-Samdaniyah al-Sharqiyah in the northern Quneitra countryside on Sunday, setting up a temporary checkpoint and searching civilians, according to SANA. A patrol of five military vehicles carried out the operation before withdrawing, with no arrests reported.Israeli forces also fired three mortar rounds and one…
Trump Warns Iran Over Strait Attacks
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the United States will strike an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Iran fires on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Washington Post. Trump said on social media that any Iranian missile, rocket, drone, or other weapon fired at…
Can Iran Be Defeated Without a Ground War?
The United States can almost certainly destroy more of Iran's military than Iran can destroy America's. That, however, does not answer the question now confronting Washington: can overwhelming military superiority produce political victory without putting American troops inside Iran?After eleven consecutive nights of strikes, U.S. forces have demonstrated that they…
US Iran War Bill Hits $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the war against Iran has cost the United States approximately $37.5 billion, up from an estimate of roughly $29 billion in mid-May.The revised figure reflects payroll, operations, maintenance, and other anticipated costs through the end of the fiscal…
Lebanon Tests Peace Amid Regional War
Lebanon’s most promising peace experiment in years began on Tuesday with a small, tangible act: Lebanese army units walked into Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh after Israeli forces pulled out of the southern village.It was the first handover of ground under a US-brokered framework meant to replace both Israeli occupation and Hezbollah’s independent…
Trump’s Iran War Risks Becoming a Quagmire
The Trump administration is drifting back toward its original goal of Iranian regime change after months of diplomacy failed to end the war, Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman argued, warning that President Donald Trump's foreign policy legacy is likely to be defined by a conflict for which…
Pentagon Reveals Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Iran War
Nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured since fighting with Iran resumed on July 7, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Tuesday, adding that 96% have already returned to duty and that the "vast majority" suffered minor concussions or other non-life-threatening injuries, according to statements confirmed by CBS News…
Iran Strikes Widen to Three Gulf States
Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan all reported military activity linked to Iran overnight Monday, as US strikes on Iranian targets entered a tenth consecutive night and widened the conflict's regional footprint. CENTCOM said it completed another round of strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on July 20, according to CENTCOM's…
Trump Warns Iran After US Troop Deaths
President Donald Trump warned Iran will face consequences for killing American service members, after three US troops died in separate incidents over the weekend. Trump said on social media that "every time Iran kills an American Soldier" going forward, "they will pay for that killing many times over," adding that…
US Confirms Deaths in Iranian Strike on Jordan Base
CENTCOM confirmed that two US service members were killed in action and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on July 17, according to a US Central Command statement.Four additional service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since…
