Israel Built a Secret Base in the Iraqi Desert to Support Its Air Campaign Against Iran
Israel secretly built a military outpost in Iraq’s western desert earlier this year to support its air campaign against ...
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Navy F/A-18 Disables Iranian Tanker With 20mm Cannon Fire
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet disabled an Iranian-flagged commercial tanker in the Gulf of Oman this week after the ve...
UAE Intercepts Second Day of Iranian Missile and Drone Attacks
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it came under missile and drone attacks it said were coming from Iran for a second c...
CENTCOM Briefs White House on Iran Strike Options as US Launches Hormuz Coalition
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper briefed President Donald Trump on Thursday on potential milita...
UAE Exits OPEC After 60 Years
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Tuesday it will leave the 12-member alliance of major oil-producing nations, the Org...
U.S. Forces Seize Third Iranian-Linked Tanker in Indian Ocean
U.S. Navy forces boarded and seized the sanctioned tanker M/T Majestic X in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, the third vess...
Iran Seizes Two Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said Wednesday it had seized two commercial vessels in the Strait of H...
CENTCOM Releases Footage of Marines Seizing Iranian Cargo Ship Touska
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released footage of its Sunday operation to intercept an Iranian-flagged cargo ve...
US Navy Fires Upon & Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship
President Donald Trump said Sunday that a U.S. Navy warship intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of O...
Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite to Target U.S. Bases
Iran used a Chinese-built satellite to monitor and target U.S. military bases across the Middle East during the recent c...
U.S. Declares Naval Blockade on Iran Effective, Turns Back Six Vessels in First 24 Hours
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that six merchant vessels were turned back by U.S. forces during the fir...
IDF Encircles Hezbollah Stronghold in Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said Monday it is close to capturing the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, cl...