(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump endorsed the massive Israeli strike on Iran early on Friday morning, calling the attack “excellent.” A source explained that the US provided Israel with intelligence for the operation.
Speaking with ABC News on the phone following the Israeli strikes across the Islamic Republic, Trump said,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The lone survivor of the Air India Flight 171 crash shared harrowing details of how he escaped as the plane burst into flames and killed at least 290 people on Thursday.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old Briton of Indian descent, told Indian state-owned DD News from his...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) On Friday, Iran began its response to an Israeli war launched on the Islamic Republic last night. Additionally, Tehran said it would withdraw from talks with Washington on establishing a new nuclear safeguards agreement.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced that Tehran would retaliate to Israel’s aggressive war...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior Israeli official told the Jerusalem Post that Tel Aviv and Washington worked together to convince Tehran that diplomacy was still possible after Israel was ready to attack Iran. Just hours before Israel’s massive assault began, President Donald Trump maintained he was still committed to talks.
The...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli military has begun bombing Iran, an attack that could provoke a major, catastrophic war in the region involving the US.
Heavy airstrikes have hit the Iranian capital of Tehran, and videos show plumes of smoke rising from the city. Photos also show damaged residential buildings, and...
(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and Lebanon, on top of annexing Gaza...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Federal agencies under the Biden administration monitored foreign visitors to Elon Musk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Journal's Tuesday report specifically revealed that, throughout 2022 and 2023, multiple U.S. government agencies monitored the movements of foreign nationals traveling to visit Musk at his...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is on high alert in the Middle East and is anticipating a potential Israeli attack on Iran, The Washington Post has reported. Amid the anticipation, the US is reducing the presence of non-essential personnel in the region.
The report said that “in recent months, US intelligence...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned on Wednesday that Iran would hit US bases in the region in response to a “conflict being imposed” on Tehran.
Nasirzadeh made the comments with the backdrop of uncertainty over the nuclear talks between the US and Iran and President Trump’s threats...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday that he believes the US is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state.
“Unless there are some significant things that happen that change the culture, there’s no room for...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian officials have said that Russia launched its biggest drone attack of the war on Monday, firing 479 kamikaze drones and 20 missiles at targets across the country.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed that 460 of the drones were intercepted and that it recorded a total of 10...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has been working to help keep Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power by meeting with members of the coalition in the Knesset who are threatening to dissolve the government, Israeli media have reported.
Ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) parties have threatened to bolt...