“The only appropriate course of action for the U.S. and other governments is to sanction and suspend weapons to Israel.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his hardline demands for any cease-fire agreement with Hamas late Monday as he faced massive domestic protests over hostage deaths in the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s U.S.-armed military continues to commit […]
Pentagon — Eight U.S. service members in Syria were injured in a drone attack by Iranian-backed militants last week, Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said on Tuesday. Tuesday marked the first time that the Pentagon blamed Iranian proxies for Friday’s attack. “We assess that it was conducted by Iranian-backed militia, but we’re still […]
Washington — The United States accused an Iranian-backed militia of carrying out a rocket attack on a U.S. air base in Iraq that injured seven people, two of whom had to be evacuated for additional medical treatment. “We’re sure that it was an Iranian-backed Shia militia group,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Tuesday during […]