Two American officials announced this morning that the US army thwarted a drone attack targeting its forces at the Ain Al-Asad base in Iraq hours after the Baptist Hospital massacre in the Gaza Strip, which sparked anger across the Arab world. Reuters quoted American officials, who requested anonymity, that American forces intercepted two drones before they

Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on Tuesday spoke to Ismail Haniyeh, the Political Bureau Chief of the Palestinian Resistance group, Hamas, and expressed Malaysia’s “unwavering support for the Palestinian people”, Anadolu Agency reports. The phone call came as the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Palestine enters its second week. Given the dire situation in

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on Tuesday warned the Hezbollah Resistance group in Lebanon and Iran not to intervene in the ongoing deadly armed conflict between the Palestinian group, Hamas, and Israel, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Palestinians are not Hamas, and Hamas has no right to speak for them,” Scholz said at a joint press conference

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday discussed with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman the latest developments in Gaza. This came in the first phone call between them since they restored ties in March, according to a post by the Deputy Head of the Iranian President’s Office for Political Affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, on X. Jamshidi said

The US and Israel should bomb Iran, Senator Lindsey Graham said yesterday. Asked during an interview with CNN whether he wanted the US and Israel to “bomb Iran even in the absence of direct evidence of their involvement” in the attack by the Palestinian Hamas group on Israel, the Republican senator responded: “Yeah.” Graham called

The Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that the “time” of Israel’s arrogance is over. “Today, Israel can no longer be as reckless as before,” said Major General Hossein Salami. “The time of [Israeli] occupation and aggression has ended, and the Palestinians have brought terror into the Zionists’ hearts. They

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN said yesterday that Tehran was not involved in the Hamas-led resistance operation against Israel, the bloodiest and costliest so far for the occupation state. According to a statement, Iran’s UN mission said: “The resolute measures taken by Palestine constitute a wholly legitimate defense against seven decades of oppressive occupation and

Twenty Democratic US senators, on Wednesday, expressed support for a potential Israeli-Saudi normalisation deal but laid out concerns about any US security guarantees or nuclear assistance to Riyadh, Reuters reports. In a letter to President Joe Biden, the senators underscored resistance the White House could face from Congress if the administration brokers a landmark agreement

The US has sent Ukraine more than 1 million rounds of Iranian ammunition that had been seized last year, the US military said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. US naval forces, for years, have been seizing weapons believed to be from Iran bound for Iran-backed fighters in Yemen, usually transported by fishing vessels. US Central Command, which is responsible

US President, Joe Biden, called Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, to thank him for Doha’s mediation that resulted in the release of a number of Americans from Iran, the Amiri Diwan and the White House said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The take  Last month, with Doha’s mediation, Iran freed five Americans as part