|
Jared SzubaAl Monitor |
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair says a stronger stance on Yemen's Houthi rebels will be part of Trump's renewed maximum pressure campaign...
The president-elect’s nominees for top positions are talking tough as the ceasefire with Israel hangs in the balance.
Army Gen. Erik Kurilla's latest trip to Israel came in the final days of Biden's presidency, as White House officials sought to capitalize on the...
In a contentious hearing, the former Fox News host signaled a loosening of rules of engagement for troops abroad and stressed his "robust" support for...
CENTCOM commander Gen. Erik Kurilla's final diplomatic tour of the region under President Joe Biden came as the outgoing president defended his...
With top general’s election, the United States and Saudi Arabia aim to draw Lebanon further from Iran. To do that, a new government has to convince...
Washington publicly denied rumors that US troops would establish a base in the Syrian Kurdish stronghold border town, which remains under threat by...
The shell games continue in Washington over how many American troops remain in the aftermath of the war against the Islamic State group.
Washington laid out its conditions for a post-Assad government but appears reluctant to leverage its military foothold as Turkish-backed rebels...
Washington promises to engage with “all Syrian groups” and come to the aid Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Israel if threats should emanate from...
It remains unclear whether the injured American troops were involved in supporting a nearby effort by US-backed militia to oust pro-Assad forces...
The Biden administration has denied any involvement in a stunning offensive by Turkey-linked Islamist rebels who seized Aleppo, Syria's second...
The Lebanese Army emerges as the lynchpin of a fragile ceasefire as Biden vows no US troops on the ground in south Lebanon.
The president-elect’s made-for-TV decision to name Fox News host Pete Hegseth is reinforcing broad doubts about the seriousness of Trump's...
The former Green Beret and China hawk, who was praised by the president-elect during right-wing media appearances, may soon find himself tasked...
This was the first wave of retaliatory US strikes against Iran-backed militias acknowledged by CENTCOM in several months.
The Biden administration seeks to dissuade Iran from launching yet another retaliatory attack against Israel amid a drawn-out exchange of strikes...
During his previous term in office, President-elect Trump repeatedly sought to extract US troops from the Middle East, often in a chaotic manner,...
The Israeli military is signaling to Tehran that it can strike its nuclear facilities from afar with or without direct American support.
There's no sign the Biden administration has put any time limit on the Israeli campaign in Lebanon, nor of whether the White House intends to exert...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nixed his defense chief's trip as Washington looks for leverage to restrain an Israeli retaliation against...
The Pentagon likened the current crisis in the Middle East to that in Europe prior to the First World War, as the Biden administration seeks to...
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s need for a domestic political win has sent Pentagon officials back to the drawing board to find ways to...
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s need for a domestic political win has sent Pentagon officials back to the drawing board to find ways to...
The Pentagon held talks with Israel's Defense Ministry that resulted in the approval of package in military aid worth $8.7 billion.
Washington has not yet authorized an evacuation, but President Joe Biden acknowledged "all-out war is possible" as Israel mobilizes two reserve...
The Georgia's arsenal multiplies the US Navy's precision-strike capabilities near Iranian shores as Israel awaits retaliation for the assassination...
The Democratic presidential nominee nodded to a solution that would ensure Palestinian "dignity, security, freedom and self-determination," but...
The Biden administration is touting this week's last-ditch round of Gaza cease-fire negotiations in a bid to dissuade Iran and its proxies from...
The deployment of an Ohio-class guided missile submarine and hastening of the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln's transit comes as Iran has refused to...
The Pentagon has been downplaying the threat of a wider Middle East conflict to allow Western diplomats time to negotiate an off-ramp to an...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of an additional aircraft carrier, fighter squadron and warships capable of shooting...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of an additional aircraft carrier, fighter squadron and warships capable of shooting...
After the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week, presumably by Israel, the US military has been preparing defensive...
Iraqi militia Harakat al-Nujaba warned that the United States and Israel had "opened the gates of hell" following a US airstrike south of Baghdad...
Pentagon officials are anticipating blowback from Iran-backed militias in the Middle East after an Israeli airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah...
US troops in Iraq and Syria are bracing for potential blowback from local militias ahead of anticipated Israeli retaliation against Hezbollah for a...