US Central Command said on Monday that a US F/A-18 fighter jet fired on an oil tanker attempting to reach Iran as the US continues enforcing the blockade of Iranian ports by attacking civilian ships. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) disabled Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran,” […]

President Trump said on Monday that Iran and Israel must “stop shooting,” comments that came after Israel bombed Iran following Iranian strikes on northern Israel in response to Israel’s strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting.’ President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Israel launched strikes in […]

Intermittent Israeli military operations in southwestern Syria have been an ongoing reality since the invasion of December 2024, but usually only a handful of meaningful incidents any given month. During the past week, that number has been rising substantially. The monitor Syrian Record Center reported that they’d documented at least 59 distinct Israeli violations within […]

Updated 6/8/2026 7:25 PM EST At least five people have been killed and an unknown number of others wounded Monday in various Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. At least one of the slain was a woman, targeted outside the women’s Islamic center in Zefta. Zefta appeared to be the main site of casualties early on […]