State Department Says US Is in Conflict With Iran ‘At the Request’ of Israel

Trump Downplays Iran's Attacks Targeting US Bases In Kuwait & Bahrain: 'They Were Slightly Provoked' Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been "slightly provoked" since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. "There's a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night," the president told reporters in the Oval Office. "Some people would say they were slightly provoked because we took a strong action for a different reason, so they were reciprocating." Source:...

Pentagon Urged No Resumption Of Strikes As Iran Grew More Effective Tracking US Air Ops: NYT President Trump had on Monday announced he agreed to pause planned Iran strikes, which were supposedly going to resume Tuesday, because UAE & Saudi Arabia asked him to as they said the sides are getting close to a deal. However, Pentagon officials have told The New York Times they urged halting of strikes because of intelligence shows Iran has grown more effective at tracking US air operations and strengthening its air defenses, making the potential...

Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday killed at least three Palestinians and wounded dozens, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. A WAFA correspondent said that a Palestinian was killed when an Israeli quadcopter drone dropped a bomb in Jabalia, northern Gaza, though […]