In shift, Trump announces deployment of 5,000 US troops to Poland
A week after cancelling a U.S. Army deployment to Poland, Trump announces an additional 5,000 troops will be sent to the country.
By Tanya Noury
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UN peacekeeping forces prepare to leave Lebanon, but what comes next?
According to analysts, the UNIFIL withdrawal will have significant implications for southern Lebanon.
Western airstrikes unlikely to impact Assad’s war machine
The Western airstrikes targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities might have rained down punishment from the sky, but they will not fundamentally degrade a war machine whose main bases, weaponry and personnel remain in place.
Congress offers swift support, criticism of latest US military strikes in Syria
Concerns over the legality of the military strikes will dominate much of the debate among lawmakers in the weeks to come.
Trump Pentagon pick literally wrote the book on missile defense
President Trump has tapped a new assistant secretary of defense for strategy, Marine Corps University’s James Anderson.
By Joe Gould
Bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen reportedly show Iran aid
The fiberglass-encased bomb, packed with explosives, could be armed by radio and triggered by an infrared beam.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
US Senate blocks move to end involvement in Yemen
The U.S. Senate voted 55-44 to scuttle a measure to extract the U.S. military from the Yemen civil war and rein in what proponents argued were unchecked presidential powers.
By Joe Gould
CENTCOM chief backs Iran deal as Trump chooses critic for top diplomacy job
The head of U.S. Central Command expressed his support for the Iran nuclear deal, arguing that the deal is important to curtail developments in Iran’s nuclear program.
By Daniel Cebul
Iran says will negotiate if West dismantles nuclear arsenal
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a top military commander says Iran will negotiate over its missile program if the U.S. and Europe dismantle their nuclear programs.
Graham returns from Israel: We must ‘stop the Iran-Assad machine’
War between Israel and Iranian proxy forces is imminent, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators warned after a trip to the Middle East last week.
By Joe Gould
Israel’s Netanyahu and former state secretary Kerry go toe-to-toe on Iran nuclear deal
The Israel prime minister called the 2015 Iran nuclear deal a failed act of appeasement, which “has begun the countdown to an Iranian nuclear arsenal” — a notion that was strongly and passionately denied by John Kerry, former secretary of state.
By Jill Aitoro
McMaster to allies: Track your investments and stop funding Iran’s proxy militias
The White House national security advisor made an appeal to allies to look hard at who they’re doing business with and cut off funding that indirectly funds Hezbollah and other proxy militias that weaken Middle East nations to bolster Iranian influence.
By Jill Aitoro