Category: Middle East

State Department: “The Houthis’ assault on Marib is the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen.”

Weapons smuggling off the Somali coast is common, but last week the U.S. Navy seized thousands of Russian-made AK-47s, RPGs and machine guns.

“Our air defenses intercepted the missiles and downed most of them,” said an unnamed military source after the most recent airstrike.

Fourteen rockets were launched towards Erbil Air Base in Northern Iraq on Monday, a deadly reminder of Iran’s proxy presence in the region.

Turkish troops discovered a grisly scene in a mountain cave after an offensive against the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq.

Deep behind enemy lines, US and British Delta Force and SAS special operators hunted down Iraqi scud missiles during Operation Desert Storm.

A rare daylight drone strike pummeled a weapons shipment heading for an illegal crossing on the Syria-Iraq border, several reports confirm.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports an ISIS ambush and firefight in eastern Syria, about 280 miles northeast of Damascus. 

AFRICOM Commander Gen. Townsend says the annual joint training event between the U.S. and Morocco will happen despite the ongoing pandemic.

The JP reported independent tracking sites, followed two aircraft that were allegedly used by the IRGC to transfer weapons to Syria & Lebanon.

POTUS seeks to pull support for offensive operations in Yemen and reverse the Trump-era decision to designate the Houthi rebels as terrorists.

“Israel has a clear objective: that Iran not be nuclear. It is not just an Israeli interest. It is first and foremost a global interest.”