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Islamic Resistance in Iraq Announces Full Resumption of Attacks Against American Forces

What to Know: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization of Iran-backed Shia militias, has announced that they will fully resume attacks against American forces to "expel" them from the region. The decision comes amid American retaliatory strikes against elements of the Islamic Resistance in retaliation for last month's deadly drone attack against the T-22 outpost in Jordan, which...

Drone Shot Down Over Baghdad After U.S. Strike Kills Kataib Hezbollah Commander Day Before in Iraq’s Capital

Al-Arabiya has reported that a source from Iraqi security forces has said a drone was shot down in the Greenzone of Baghdad, Iraq. This comes a day after a U.S. drone strike reportedly killed Kata'ib Hezbollah commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi and other members in the Mashtal area of the capital. Following the strike on February 7th the Greenzone had several entrances closed by...

Syria Accuses U.S. of “Working to Revive” ISIS with Syria Strikes

What's Happening Following the US' strikes against militant and IRGC targets in both Iraq and Syria on February 2nd, the Syrian Ministry of Defence has released a statement accusing the US of striking "the same area where the Syrian Arab Army is fighting the remnants of the terrorist organization ISIS", stating it "confirms" that the US is "involved and allied...

Iraqi Government and Military Condemn American Strikes

The government of Iraq has responded to U.S strikes against Iranian and IRGC-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul: "Al-Qaim and Iraqi border towns are hit by air strikes by United States planes, the strikes came at a time when Iraq is striving to ensure the stability of...

US CENTCOM Confirms Strikes Against IRGC and Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed airstrike and bomber operations in Iraq and Syria targeting “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.” https://twitter.com/centcom/status/1753534149523017922?s=46&t=We8RLpx8YdsN15-tpkJtww At least 125 strikes against 85 targets, including “command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia...

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Thousands, Not Millions, of Colombian Munitions Missing

The Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, stated that over 1.3 million rounds of ammunition had disappeared from military bases in the Cundinamarca and La Guajira provinces on Tuesday, claiming that the missing ammunition was due...

Philippine Research Vessel Continues to Loiter Inside Philippine EEZ

On May 1st, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced they would dispatch a vessel to intercept the Chinese research vessel, the Shen Kuo, currently loitering about 30 miles (48 km) east of the coast...

Houthis Announce “Fourth Stage of Escalation,” Expand Targeting of Commercial Vessels Heading to Israeli Ports

In response to what is likely an impending military assault on the Gazan city of Rafah by Israeli forces, the Houthis have announced that they will begin to target any vessels heading to Israeli...