Middle East Conflicts

Iran has issued a direct threat to strike the People’s Palace (the official residence of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa) in Damascus, as well as two major luxury hotels — the Four Seasons Damascus and the Sheraton Damascus — claiming they are being used by American, Israeli, and British military advisors and experts. The threat was reported on March 26 by …

A series of strikes in northern and central Iraq on Saturday killed at least five members of Iraqi security forces, with local authorities and paramilitary groups blaming the United States and Israel. According to the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces – PMF), three of its fighters were killed in a strike near Kirkuk International Airport. The group described the attack …

The United States and Iraq have agreed to intensify cooperation to prevent attacks and ensure Iraqi territory is not used as a launchpad for assaults against US facilities, the US Embassy in Baghdad announced on Friday. Since the start of the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran on February 28, Iraq has found itself increasingly pulled into a regional conflict it …

War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon’s fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi’ite Muslims are displaced and enmity deepens between the Iran-backed group and its opponents. Of all Lebanon’s many crises since a 1975-90 civil war, the renewed conflict ignited by the Iran war could be its most destabilizing, Lebanese analysts …

Iran’s military apparatus, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), remains under heavy pressure amid ongoing US and Israeli strikes. Despite significant losses in infrastructure and leadership, Iran continues limited ballistic missile and drone operations. Iran’s Military Command Structure The IRGC serves as the backbone of Iran’s defense and offensive strategy. It oversees: Ballistic missile and drone programs (IRGC …

An Iranian missile and drone attack on March 27 struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding multiple United States service members and damaging several aircraft, including an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and aerial refueling planes. According to Air & Space Forces Magazine, citing people familiar with the matter, around 10 service members were …

When President Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury in late February, he vowed to raze Iran’s missile industry to the ground, annihilate its navy and ensure that it could never obtain a nuclear weapon. But one month into the war, Iran continues to reject U.S. demands to dismantle its nuclear program and has shown little interest in backing down. After …

At least 12 U.S. troops were injured Friday in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple reports, the latest U.S. casualties in the monthlong U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. At least two of the U.S. service members suffered serious injuries in the attack, which reportedly involved Iranian missiles and drones. At least two U.S. …

Iran is accusing the U.S. of dropping anti-tank landmines in an area near one of its underground missile facilities (often referred to as missile cities) that it claims killed several people. While we cannot independently verify the provenance of the images provided by Iranian media or the casualty claims, the use of these munitions would make sense. Despite an intense …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a convulsing stock market, President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to buy himself more time and hold off, once again, on carrying out a threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants over the Islamic Republic’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said he was delaying taking potential action because talks aimed at ending the conflict …