Israel sent Iron Dome air defenses to the UAE to help Dubai shoot down Iranian drones. Tehran targeted Gulf states allied with the US in response to Washington and Tehran starting an unprovoked war.    Axios reported speaking with two Israeli and one US official who...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier arrived in its area of responsibility. The US now has three aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East. “Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in the...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Tel Aviv was waiting on Washington's approval to break the ceasefire and attack Iran.  “Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran. The IDF is ready in defense and offense, and the targets are marked,” Katz said on...

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US Navy had full control over the Strait of Hormuz. However, Tehran continues to restrict traffic through the Strait.  “We have total control over the Strait of Hormuz. No ship can enter or leave without the...

Three US officials speaking with Axios claimed that President Donald Trump does not plan to have an open-ended ceasefire with Iran, and is planning to give Tehran under a week to present a proposal to Washington.  "Trump is willing to give another three to five days...

Data from the shipping tracking firm Vortexa found that at least 34 Iranian ships have bypassed the US blockade since President Donald Trump imposed it on April 13. The US has only stopped two Iranian ships.  Trump has argued that his blockade is a tremendous success...

A report by the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found that the US depleted half of its missile interceptors.  According to CSIS, the US military had 2,330 Patriot interceptors before the conflict, and used an estimated...

President Donald Trump made a sharp reversal and announced that the ceasefire with Iran will continue indefinitely.  “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime...

Ukraine has launched a series of drone strikes at Russia, damaging warships and killing one person.  On Monday, the Ukrainian intelligence service, GUR, claimed that drones destroyed two landing ships and damaged a radar at a Russian port in Crimea. Ukraine also...

A senior Israeli official said the IDF has established a “yellow line” dividing southern Lebanon. In Gaza, the IDF kills Palestinians who cross the “yellow line.” The senior Israeli official told reporters on Saturday, “The ‘Yellow Line’ model implemented in Gaza will...

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the test firing of missiles with multiple reentry vehicles.  “The purpose of the test-fire is to verify the characteristics and power of cluster bomb warhead and fragmentation mine warhead applied to the tactical...

President Donald Trump claimed an Iranian-flagged vessel attempted to break the US blockade. US forces attacked and boarded the cargo ship.  “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier,...