Iran’s military said on Friday it carried out drone strikes against several American military facilities and bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for the latest U.S. attacks, while explosions were heard near an American base in northern Iraq. “This morning, the fuel tanks, large equipment warehouses and silos and the barracks of the…
A 30-year-old U.S. soldier was killed over the weekend in Iraq during what the U.S. military said was a controlled explosion to destroy an attack drone. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was “killed in action during a controlled detonation” of the drone at Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said…
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been freed after militants from the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah kidnapped her in Iraq one week ago. Two Iraqi government sources and a source familiar with the situation told CBS News on Tuesday that Kittleson had been released. Secretary of State Marco Rubio later confirmed her release, saying in a statement,…
Washington — American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter as well as an Iraqi official. Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced that a foreign journalist was kidnapped by “unknown individuals” but did not identify who was taken. The ministry said that security forces had managed to…
As the United States-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week this weekend, pressure on oil and gas markets continues to mount due to severe disruption to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as well as attacks on and around key energy facilities in the Gulf. In peacetime, 20 percent of the world’s oil…
Six U.S. service members who were killed in a military refueling aircraft crash over Iraq last week have been identified as members of the Ohio Air National Guard and Florida-based crew members. The Department of Defense on Saturday identified them as: Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington,…
The U.S. military’s Central Command confirmed Friday that all six U.S. service members were killed the previous day when an aerial refueling aircraft taking part in operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq. “The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly…
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first public message Thursday — but the statement came as a prepared message, with no speech, video or public appearance. Security around Iran’s leadership is extremely tight following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening phase of the war now spreading across…
Erbil, Iraq — The U.S. military is in the process of transferring nearly 7,000 ISIS suspects from prisons and jails in northeast Syria to detention facilities across the border into Iraq. The operation comes amid concerns over security, following a mass escape from at least one prison in Syria, but it is also raising concern over…
Al-Maliki remains a potent force despite longstanding claims he fuelled sectarianism and failed to stop ISIL expansion. Published On 24 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Iraqi former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is on the verge of a return to power after being nominated as the country’s next…
