Trump Will Chair UN Security Council Meeting on Iran
By Jason Ditz On September 26, the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Iran. President Trump has been confirmed to personally chair the…
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US Strategy in Syria: “Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want”
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — In 2013, top Obama Administration officials described their policy in the Syrian War as one of keeping the war going. The administration…
Furious Saudi Arabia Condemns UN Report on Yemen War Crimes
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — A Tuesday report released by the UN confirmed in considerable detail misdeeds by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, killing thousands of civilians in Yemen,…
Russia Deploys Fleet of Warships to Syrian Coast Amid Concern of US Attack
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Russian media are confirming reports that they are in the process of a naval buildup off the coast of Syria, sending additional…
US-Backed Saudi Airstrike Kills at Least 31 Civilians in Yemen, Mostly Children
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Saudi warplanes carried out an airstrike against the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, hitting a camp for internally displaced…
Trump Delegates Military More Authority for Offensive Cyber Attacks
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — This week, President Trump signed a new order delegating additional powers to the Pentagon to carry out offensive cyber attacks against America’s “adversaries.” The…
US Military Spending Bill Could Force Al Jazeera to Register as “Foreign Agent”
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Foreign-owned media outlets that don’t always toe the line in the US could find themselves under dramatically increased scrutiny under the 2019…
Airstrike That Killed 14 Civilians in Afghanistan Never Happened, Says US
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — On July 19, an airstrike hit a number of civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province, killing 14 of them. The Afghan government originally…
Europe Fears Instability as Iran Scrambles to Ready Economy for US Sanctions
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — European nations expressed concern on Sunday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is set to start reimposing sanctions…
Reporters Struggle to Get Pentagon to Answer Questions About War
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Much has been made about the Trump Administration’s hostility toward the media, and orders to keep troop levels classified in various war…
Israeli Army Told to Prepare for Large-Scale Invasion of Gaza
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Israeli army warplanes attacked the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, threatening a three-day ceasefire. This followed reports that a Palestinian fire balloon landed…
Saudi Arabia Issues Royal Pardon for Everything Soldiers Have Done in Yemen
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia announced that it is issuing a royal pardon for any and all Saudi troops engaged in the war in Yemen,…
Poland Offers $2 Billion for Permanent US Military Base
By Jason Ditz Poland has long expressed interest in securing a permanent deployment of foreign troops from a NATO member nation. The Polish Defense Ministry…
US House Overwhelmingly Passes $717 Billion Spending Bill to “Rebuild Our Military”
By Jason Ditz In a 351-66 vote, the House of Representatives has passed their version of the 2019 military spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act. The…