Category: 3. Middle East

A former commander of the Israeli Air Force warned Monday that Israel will face threats in the coming years that are more severe than what it experienced during and since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Speaking at a…

Dec 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of sustainment for F-16 jets and related equipment to Bahrain for an estimated cost of $455 million, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The principal contractors for the sale…

US President Donald Trump told Israel on Monday to avoid destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, days after a deadly operation by Israeli forces killed 13 people.

Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and invited him for…

The family of Ran Gvili, one of the two remaining deceased hostages held in Gaza, said Monday that the weekly Saturday night support rallies that have been held for two years at Hostages Square will end, as they pivot to pre-Sabbath…

By Brad Brooks

Dec 1 (Reuters) – The surviving National Guardsman shot by a gunman last week near the White House gave medical personnel a thumbs up when asked if he could hear them and also wiggled his toes in response, West Virginia Governor…

In a Beirut square that was once a physical embodiment of Lebanon’s sectarian rifts, Christian and Muslim leaders united around Pope Leo XIV on Monday as he urged them to work for peace in their divided nation.

Lebanon, whose political system has…

US envoy Tom Barrack reportedly warned Iraq’s leader on Sunday that Israel could carry out strikes on militias in Iraq if they seek to aid Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy on Syria,…