Category: Middle East

Netflix’s latest foray into military films takes on the fight against ISIS in a dirty, bloody, and brutal depiction of the retaking of Mosul.

State TV’s Arabic-language channel, Al-Alam, claimed the weapons used were “controlled by satellite,” also made by the Fars news agency.

The U.S. has placed sanctions on al-Lami for his role in killing unarmed civilians who were among groups of anti-government protesters.

Today’s attack on an Iranian nuclear scientist bears all the hallmarks of a Kidon hit, Mossad’s covert, tip-of-the-spear ground force.

Despite strong denial from the Syrian government, the strength of Iran’s proxies inside Syria appears much larger than previously thought.

New information could suggest that a U.S.-led joint strike against Iranian nuclear sites could happen before innauguration.

In south Gaza, IDF aircraft fired five rockets at two sites to the west of the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, destroying both sites.

Targets also included “storage facilities, headquarters, and military compounds,” as well as the Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries.

The rockets were launched from a neighborhood in al-Alf Dar district in New Baghdad. Four landed inside the Green Zone.

In a press conference this afternoon, Acting SecDef Christopher Miller announced his intentions to bring U.S. troops home by mid-January.

New information shows Trump’s cabinet dissuaded him from striking Iran’s nuclear facilities citing certain escalation into a wider conflict.

The US envoy to Syria admitted to playing a ‘shell game’ with troop numbers, suggests former SecDef Esper helped hide a clandestine war.