CENTCOM
Israel strikes southern Lebanon, Syria as UAE halts all trade with Iran
US weighs scaling back Middle East military presence • Huckabee urges Israel to act on settler ‘terrorism' • US working to establish Israel-Turkey-Syria deconfliction mechanism
US weighs scaling back Middle East military presence after months of Iranian attacks - report
WATCH: Footage allegedly shows poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
Trump, Hegseth deny concerns of poor conditions, low morale reported aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Bahrain condemns Iran's 'systematic pattern of aggression,' calls on UN to hold Tehran accountable
The condemnation comes after Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced on X/Twitter that air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain for the second time in as many hours.
US strikes Iran in retaliation for Strait of Hormuz cargo ship attack
The strikes follow Iran's launching of a one-way attack drone at the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely cargo ship along the Omani coast as it exited the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel-Lebanon talks continue under US mediation despite deadlock over Hezbollah disarmament
The Israeli Embassy in the United States confirmed the extension of the talks, which entered their fourth day. The negotiating teams will return to the table at the US State Department in the morning
CENTCOM chief Cooper to visit Zamir as Lebanon ceasefire, withdrawal terms in play
For months in late 2024, the IDF complained that the Lebanese army was afraid of Hezbollah and not nearly aggressive enough in handling issues and complaints.
US CENTCOM kills senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi in northwest Syria airstrike
Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities for "facilitating financial transactions on behalf of ISIS."
Nearly one million Gazans remain in tents amid extreme summer heat, Norwegian report suggests
The Norwegian Refugee Council notes that it leads “the Shelter Cluster in Palestine, which coordinates humanitarian shelter actors responding to emergency shelter needs in Gaza and the West Bank.”
Taking a page from Iran's playbook, US uses ship-to-ship transfers to smuggle oil out of Gulf
The extent of the ship-to-ship transfers, how they work, and the Apache’s role in the operation have not been previously reported.
Israeli satellites photographed Iran over 50,000 times during Operation Roaring Lion - exclusive
This statistic would mean that Israeli satellites were taking well over 1,000 photos per day of the Islamic Republic during the war.
US's Wednesday strikes on Iran damaged drinking water facility near Strait of Hormuz - report
Iranian media posted images showing a damaged reservoir that provided drinking water to around 20,000 people, alongside images of fragments appearing to belong to a US-made bomb.
Three sailors dead from US strikes on tanker off Oman, India confirms
The deaths are the first reported since the blockade began on April 13, operations which have seen the US disable eight ships and turn back more than 100 others.
