A U.S. military airstrike hit the Markhah Sufla district in Yemen’s Shabwah province, resulting in the death and injury of two alleged al-Qaeda members—Mohammed Khamis bin Arfaj and Saqr al-Humaikani—along with several of their family members.
For the first time in decades, the Syrian flag was hoisted above the country’s embassy building in Washington, D.C., by Syrian transitional government Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani.
Abu Muhammad al-Julani, head of the Syrian transitional government, met with Charles Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, in Damascus yesterday. The meeting included U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack and several Syrian officials.
Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in West Asia, made his first official visit to occupied Palestine in this role. He met with General Herzi Halevi, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, to discuss regional security challenges and deepen bilateral military cooperation.
According to The Washington Post, approximately 23,000 Jewish-American individuals are currently serving in the Israeli regime’s army. This number far exceeds the count of Jewish-American personnel in the U.S. military. Pentagon data shows that in 2006, fewer than 4,000 Jewish-American soldiers were enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, canceled his planned visit to the southern Lebanese cities of Tyre and Khiam following widespread public protests.
Griffon Aerospace, a U.S.-based defense contractor, has unveiled its latest drone, the MQM-172 Arrowhead—a design that closely mirrors Iran’s Shahed-136 loitering munition. This isn’t the first American replica of the Shahed-136; months earlier, SpektreWorks introduced its own version under the name “LUCAS.”
Iraqi government sources have announced the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces from Baghdad and Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province, starting in September. U.S. forces at Baghdad Airport and the Joint Operations Command will relocate to Erbil during this first phase.
The U.S. will stop directly paying the salaries of the Peshmerga forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region by the end of 2025. Starting in 2026, the central government in Baghdad will take over salary responsibilities for these forces. This change is part of a broader effort to redefine the U.S. role in Iraq and reduce the coalition mission.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) bid farewell to General Michael Kurilla during a ceremony in Florida and announced Admiral Brad Cooper as the new commander. Cooper had previously served as the deputy commander of CENTCOM since 2024.
Donald Trump’s recent decision to suspend foreign aid programs has sparked a wave of anger among anti-Iranian groups in the West. This move has significantly disrupted a multi-billion-dollar regime change mechanism led by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—two organizations notorious for funding groups aimed at weakening and destabilizing foreign governments to advance U.S. interests.
The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service announced that a suicide drone was intercepted and destroyed near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq this morning.
