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Three waves of pre-dawn strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday completed Israel’s retaliation on Iran, the Israel Defense Forces said, in what U.S. officials and others hoped would be the last shot in a hostile exchange between the two regional powers that has had the world on edge for weeks, fearing a dangerous […]
Any downgrade in Israel’s status or standing at the UNGA will result in a corresponding downgrade of US financial, material, and political support to the UN, more than 100 bipartisan members of Congress wrote in a letter on Thursday addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jared […]
The United States is investigating a reported unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday. The documents are attributed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, and note that Israel was still moving military assets in place to conduct a military strike in response to Iran’s blistering […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press. A fourth U.S. official said the documents appear to be legitimate. The documents are attributed to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, and note […]
CNN — The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people familiar confirmed the documents’ authenticity. The leak is “deeply concerning,” a US official told CNN. The documents, dated October 15 and 16, began […]
Washington CNN — American officials expect Israel will retaliate against Iran for its attack earlier this month before November 5, sources tell CNN, a timeline that would thrust the growing volatility in the Middle East squarely into public view within days of the American presidential election. The timeline and parameters of Israel’s retaliation against Iran […]
Getty Images Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon is about to end its second week, as Israel’s war has already entered its second year. Appeals for a ceasefire have increased following an air strike in Beirut on Thursday night, and the wounding on Friday, for the second day running, of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave rise. In Washington, Tel […]
US President Joe Biden and other senior politicians in the United States have reiterated their support for Israel on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on the country. In a statement on Monday, Biden condemned the “unspeakable brutality” of the assault, which killed 1,139 people and saw about 250 others taken captive […]
The United States appeared out of step with the rest of the globe as it pledged its support for Israel’s ground incursion into Lebanon. While voices from across the world urged on Tuesday a ceasefire and a step back from the brink of all-out war, Washington declared the “limited” ground offensive into southern Lebanon as […]