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Sixth Night of US Strikes Hits Iran
US forces began a new wave of strikes against Iran at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, the sixth consecutive night, "to further degrade Iranian military capabilities" CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X. CENTCOM added that the strikes hit "dozens" of coastal surveillance, air defense, and logistics targets, and that…
Sudan Rejects Renewed US Chemical Weapons Claim
Sudan's army-aligned government has rejected US allegations that the Sudanese Armed Forces used chemical weapons in the civil war, telling the UN Security Council that Washington has provided no evidence to Khartoum or the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.Chargé d'affaires Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud invoked the 1998 US destruction…
US Strikes Six Bridges Near Iran’s Key Port
The United States expanded its sixth night of strikes against Iran into a campaign against inland logistics, hitting the Kahurestan and Giriyeh bridges on the Bandar Abbas–Lar highway, the main road link between Iran's largest port and Shiraz, along with a railway junction and a maritime control tower at Chabahar,…
CIA: Ukrainian Drones Outpace Russian Mobilization
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said CIA intelligence estimates Russian recruits arriving at the front in Ukraine survive 20 to 30 minutes, attributing the attrition to Ukrainian AI-guided attack drones.“The average life expectancy of a Russian recruit right now, arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine, is estimated to be between 20…
Libya’s Rival Military Chiefs Hold First Home-Soil Talks
Libya's rival military chiefs have met on Libyan soil for the first time, holding direct talks in Sirte on July 12 on reunifying armed forces divided between the country's eastern and western power centres.Eastern chief of staff Khaled Haftar and his western counterpart Salah al-Din al-Namroush were joined by members…
U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Truce Unravels
The United States and Iran exchanged another round of strikes on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive night of fighting since the ceasefire framework agreed last month effectively collapsed.U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along Iran's southern coast as Washington expanded maritime operations aimed at restricting…
Iran War’s True Cost May Near $100 Billion
The Pentagon's public estimate of the Iran war's cost captures only part of the financial picture, according to internal Defense Department assessments reported by U.S. media. While officials have publicly put the cost of the campaign at about $30 billion, internal estimates now reportedly place the overall bill between $80…
Iran Ceasefire Unravels as Grid Losses Mount
The US-Iran ceasefire that took hold in June is collapsing, with Iranian strikes on Gulf states and mounting damage to Iran's power grid marking the most serious escalation since the truce began.The US and Iran signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding on June 17, establishing a 60-day framework to negotiate…
U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Hormuz Ceasefire Formally Collapses
U.S. and Iranian forces struck each other for a third time in a week, an exchange that effectively confirms the collapse of the ceasefire framework established by the June 17 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), rather than another round in the contained retaliation cycle that had defined the conflict since April.…
Qatari Envoys Visit Iran to Revive U.S. Talks
Qatari negotiators have traveled to Iran in coordination with the United States, according to Axios. Qatar is not acting alone. According to the same report, officials from Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have held a wave of calls with both Washington and Tehran, reflecting growing regional concern that…
