China sought to claim some of the credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan brokered by President Donald Trump on Saturday, playing up phone calls made to both sides by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the conflict escalated to the brink of war.
India’s governing BJP party said on Thursday that its “Operation Sindhoor” counter-terrorist airstrikes on Pakistan “eliminated” Abdul Rauf Azhar, the operational commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group and the mastermind behind American journalist Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and beheading in 2002.
The Houthi insurgents of Yemen confirmed they have reached an agreement with the U.S. to “pause” their attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, in exchange for a pause in U.S. airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen.
Pakistani officials vowed to retaliate for India’s “Operation Sindoor” strikes against alleged terrorist camps on Tuesday night, while India insisted its actions were “measured, non-escalatory, proportionate, and responsible.”
Zelensky decried Russia’s massive airstrike against power infrastructure, accusing them of trying to cause a Christmas Day power cut.
Russian warplanes joined Syrian government jets for intense airstrikes against the rebel-held city of Idlib on Saturday and Sunday, killing dozens of civilians along with the militants, including at least ten children.
Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, launched a surprise offense in Idlib province on Thursday.
Hezbollah’s ruling Shura Council on Tuesday announced that the terrorists have chosen Naim Qassem to replace longtime dictator Hassan Nasrallah as leader of the terrorist organization and Lebanese political party.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was welcomed in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday for a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, where they reportedly discussed the dangers of regional escalation.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that two targeted airstrikes in Syria eliminated 37 terrorists aligned with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, including several senior leaders.
Israeli warplanes targeted more than 300 Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon on Monday and Israel warned civilians to evacuate the area as more intense strikes are on the way.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Sunday to have shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed they attacked the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The government of Pakistan confirmed the execution of “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” within Afghanistan on Monday, outraging the Taliban which claimed to have responded by bombing Pakistani military bases “with heavy weapons.”
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday announced American forces conducted airstrikes against Kataib Hezbollah (KH), one of the largest and most aggressive Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Iraq.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) said Houthi claims of attacking an American cargo ship are “patently false.”
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen said on Monday that American and British airstrikes will not deter them from attacking civilian ships in the Red Sea. Instead, they vowed to “end U.S. hegemony forever” with retaliatory action.
Russia on Friday condemned the U.S.-British airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Tuesday he wants a “quick” withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, but he has not set a firm deadline for withdrawal.
The U.S. conducted airstrikes against facilities used by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq after a ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces.
A U.S. military official told Reuters on Monday that American and anti-ISIS coalition forces in northeastern Syria were attacked at least four times over the past 24 hours, including three rocket and drone strikes on Sunday night. The attacks were almost certainly launched by Iranian proxy forces.
Ukraine has used U.S.-made cluster-bomb-tipped rockets from the ATACMS system for the first time, it is claimed.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that six U.S. troops in Syria suffered traumatic brain injuries after an attack on their positions last week by Iran-backed militias.
The U.S. military launched multiple precision airstrikes against targets in Syria after an attack using an Iranian drone killed an American contractor and wounded six others, including five U.S. soldiers.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey’s airstrikes against Kurdish militia in Syria would soon be augmented by a major ground invasion. Meanwhile, Iran is launching missiles against Kurds living in the mountains of Iraq and using ground forces to crush protests in Iranian Kurdistan.
Taliban defense minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob said on Sunday his regime would tolerate no further “invasions” like the airstrikes allegedly conducted by Pakistan two weeks ago, and might launch retaliatory attacks “next time” it happens.
Mekelle, capital city of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray province, was reportedly hit by airstrikes on Monday while ground forces from the central government moved against Tigrayan fighters in the neighboring province of Amhara.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the theocracy-controlled wing of the Iranian military and a designated terrorist organization, launched rocket and drone attacks across the border into Iraq on Thursday, targeting Kurdish militant groups Iran claims are a threat to its security.
President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly so troubled about weapons and equipment the Taliban seized after being left behind by Afghan forces it is now considering several options.
The U.S. military on Sunday confirmed its third airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in Somalia in less than two weeks, stepping up the tempo of strikes against the al-Qaeda-linked extremists even as American involvement in Afghanistan comes to a close.
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed the “sudden” withdrawal of U.S. troops for his country’s deteriorating security situation, as Taliban insurgents closed in on three provincial capitals and hit the Kandahar airport with rocket artillery.
The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the first airstrike in Somalia during the Biden administration.
The sites were used by Iran-backed militia groups, the Pentagon said, including Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS).
Eight villages near the border of Iraq’s Kurdistan region have been emptied as residents flee a Turkish military offensive called “Operation Claw-Tiger” directed at positions allegedly held by the PKK, the Kurdish separatist party that has long been engaged in hostilities with the Turkish government.
Turkish forces in Syria shot down two Syrian warplanes and attacked an airport used by the Syrian regime on Sunday, while a Turkish drone strike struck a Syrian military convoy and purportedly killed 19 soldiers.
An airstrike in Syria’s Idlib province on Thursday killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers and wounded numerous others. The attack was a serious escalation of hostilities and the worst loss of life for Turkish forces during their invasion of Syria. Both Syrian and Russian air forces were blamed for the attack, with Moscow on Friday claiming that Syrian planes carried out the bombing.
A report issued by the U.S. Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) on Monday said 7,423 munitions were released by American aircraft over Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number since the publication of bombing statistics began in 2006.
A recent survey by HuffPost-YouGov shows that 43 percent of Americans approve of President Donald Trump’s decision to order the airstrike that killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
A mob attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, prompting some embassy staff to evacuate. The mob was angered by last weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah (KH), which killed an American civilian contractor in a rocket attack last week.
U.S. warplanes struck targets in Iraq and Syria over the weekend, killing at least 25 members of an Iran-backed Shiite militia group called Kataib Hezbollah that was held responsible for a rocket attack on Friday that killed an American civilian contractor.
