The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has said it will attempt to break the Israeli siege of Gaza with another ship. Last month, the FFC vessel ‘Madleen’ was seized by Israeli forces before it could reach the starving people of the Strip.
In retaliation for the US attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, Tehran has launched missile salvos at an American base in Qatar. Iran says it also launched a new 3,300-pound missile at Israel.
Hours after the Israeli defense minister threatened military action against a tiny aid ship carrying activists attempting to break the blockade on Gaza, the IDF intercepted the boat and detained all on board. The dangerous vessel was armed with rice and baby formula.
After a decade-long American effort to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in Damascus, Senator Lindsey Graham says the US-backed jihadists that now control the country are causing more concern than ever.
President-elect Donald Trump shared a video in which Columbia professor Jeffery Sachs sharply criticized US Middle East policy and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of helping to lead the US into “endless wars“ in the region. In the video, posted without comment to Trump's Truth Social account on Tuesday, Sachs said Netanyahu is “a deep, dark son of a bitch“ who led the US into multiple follies in the Middle East and now wants America to fight a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf. "Netanyahu had, from 1995 onward, the theory that the only way we're going to get rid of Hamas and...
Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers stationed in France for training have reportedly fled their military bases. The apparent desertions come as Kiev faces similar problems at home, where a growing number of troops are abandoning their frontline positions.
The Libertarian Party has questions for the Department of Justice after the FBI claimed that a “foreign threat” had accessed its Facebook account. A preliminary analysis by the LP was hindered by Meta, which has offered little clarity on the incident. In a statement published on Friday, LP chair Angela McArdle shared a letter the party received from the bureau warning of the alleged breach. “The FBI maintains active investigations that seek to identify the activities of hostile foreign governments and their intelligence services who target the US government, private sector, and political...
A group of four critical-care doctors who were recently in Gaza spoke on a UN panel about the horrors they witnessed in the besieged Strip. The doctors described multiple war crimes, horrendous injuries to children, kids dying of treatable wounds, and a shortage of supplies so severe that young patients die on the floors of hospitals without anesthetic to ease their suffering. Addressing the UN on Tuesday, four physicians from France, the US, and Britain described the dire conditions in Gaza. “I saw the most appalling atrocities, and I saw things that I never would have expected to have...
