US Threat Report: Washington facing ‘critical years’ in Great Power competition

Unlike in previous years, the 2023 annual US Threat Assessment Report  views West Asia through the prism of a Great Power competition that threatens to nudge the world into a post-US multipolar order. 

Pentagon plans to sow chaos in Syria by training, arming radical groups: Report

The US plan involves providing ISIS and other extremist groups with armored vehicles as well as the planned 'kidnapping' of Russian and Iranian military personnel

CENTCOM chief decries Russian flyovers of US occupation bases in Syria

The US army controls nearly a third of Syria and has been accused of stealing 80 percent of the country's daily oil output

Bahrain sells island to Israeli company, continues normalization

The 2020 Abraham accords between Israel and Gulf states Bahrain and UAE has set in motion the normalization of relations with the Jewish state that continues today

US, Israel start week of military drills involving thousands of troops, nuclear bombers

The military exercises come at a time when US officials are visiting Israel to 'understand' the new government's plans to illegally annex the occupied West Bank

Israel, US to conduct air drill simulating attack on Iran

The air drill will include advanced fighter jets and refueling planes from the US and Israel

Iranian separatist groups in Iraqi Kurdistan pummeled by IRGC airstrikes

Iran has called on Baghdad and the semi-autonomous leadership of the Kurdistan region to expel armed separatist groups fueling violence in the streets of Iran

US to open new military testing facility in Saudi Arabia: NBC

Ties between Washington and Riyadh thawed over the past year, after the Pentagon began to redeploy several missile defense systems in order to prepare for future conflicts with Russia and China

Israel conducts military drills simulating strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

The Israeli drills simulating an attack against Iran will involve US armed forces

US slated to take part in Israeli military drills simulating attack on Iran

The armed exercise involves more than 20,000 troops and includes a simulated attack on Iranian nuclear plants

Western allies join US-led anti-Iran drone task force

Task Force 59 has conducted exercises with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, and Qatar and operates out of bases in Bahrain and Jordan

US helping Saudi Arabia develop national defense plan

Defense cooperation has been ongoing behind the scenes despite the breakdown in relations both nations witnessed this year

Israel to expand regional activities with US army

The IDF said the joint high level meetings conducted between both nations focused on regional security issues

US to deploy 100 unmanned vessels in Persian Gulf

The US Forces Central Command chief called the development of “adversary drones” the greatest technological threat to regional security

US central command chief in Israel to advance anti-Iran strategy

On the same day, Kurilla blamed Iran for the drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker off the coast of Oman

Israel, CENTCOM blame Iran for drone attack on oil tanker near Oman

Providing no evidence to support their claim, US and Israeli officials allege that an Iranian Shahed-136 drone targeted the Israeli-owned tanker

Iran ‘lied to IAEA about nuclear program’: Former Mossad chief

Amid recent developments suggesting a deal is within reach, Israel is attempting to sway the nuclear agreement in any way it can

Iran receives US response on proposal to revive nuclear deal

Tehran says it is reviewing Washington's response, while in Tel Aviv officials are clamoring for western powers to 'stop and say enough'

Israeli Defense Minister US-bound to lobby against Iran deal

Benny Gantz says he 'will do everything' to influence the outcome of JCPOA-revival talks between Iran and world powers

CENTCOM chief in Israel to advance regional air defense integration

Israeli armed forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi met with the head of CENTCOM and spoke of a regional air defense alliance between Tel Aviv and its Arab allies