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AN IDF soldier aiming out of a window in southern Lebanon. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Over the past week, the IDF has conducted operations on three separate fronts, aiming to handle terrorism threats from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, from the Gaza Strip, and from the West Bank, the military announced on Friday. In addition, the IDF operated to combat smuggling along Israel's eastern and western borders. In southern Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force struck approximately 310  Hezbollah  sites, killing around 80 terrorists, the IDF stated. Go to the full article > >

Iranians attend the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS) The full ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran will include an end to fighting in Lebanon, as well as the initial unfreezing of 12 billion dollars in funds for Iran, the Iranian state media site Mehr reported on Friday. A draft of the deal is still waiting for Iranian officials' approval, Mehr reported, and the final agreement will be approved by the United Nations Security Council. As part of the deal, the US will remove sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemical products, allowing Iran full access to its  frozen assets . Mehr reported that the total amount of funds is 24 billion dollars, with half of that amount being released to Iran before further talks may begin. Iran's ballistic missile program, as well as its support for proxy groups across the Middle East such as Hezbollah, will not be included in the negotiations,...

As Iran-US talks were reported to be progressing on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement via Twitter/X, affirming his commitment to keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran's hands.  "President Trump and I are in complete agreement on the issue," Netanyahu wrote.  "If it were not for my work over the past 30 years, Iran would have had atomic bombs to destroy Israel long ago," the prime minister added.

An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026 (photo credit: MEHR NEWS AGENCY) An  Iranian  reservoir for drinking water located near the  Strait of Hormuz  was reportedly struck by the US earlier this week following  renewed strikes  on the region, Iran’s semi-official news agency, Mehr News reported on Wednesday. Mehr had cited a local official claiming that water was cut off to about 20,000 residents of nearby towns and villages due to the strikes. Additionally, the outlet posted images of the destroyed drinking water reservoir, as well as photos of munition fragments that a CNN report claimed appeared to be from a US bomb, according to experts.  Around the time of the strikes, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X/Twitter that it had conducted strikes near the strait with “precision munitions from the US Air Force and  Navy  fighter jets.” Iranian media posted images showing a damaged reservoir ...

US Navy F-18 prepares to launch from a carrier, May 29, 2026. (photo credit: X/CENTCOM) The US military was three hours away from striking Iran when US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with  Tehran had been agreed upon and canceled a planned attack , NBC reported on Thursday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter. According to the officials, the military had received orders from Trump to attack Iran Thursday night, and that US Navy ships had already adjusted their operations and readied munitions for the strikes when they were called off. The officials claimed that the military had been “even more surprised by Trump’s post canceling the strikes than they were by his comments about big strikes coming tonight and taking Kharg Island.”

Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini. (photo credit: US Department of Justice/Reuters) A US judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a deadly drone attack on a US military base in  Jordan  carried out by  Iran -backed terrorists in 2024. US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston had previously declined to release Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian citizen, from custody, citing the risk he might flee to avoid trial. He is charged with conspiracy to illegally procure technology used in a navigation system for Iran's military  drones