Trump’s illegal war in Yemen continues: US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 74 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. The latest U.S. attack killed dozens of people and...
Iran Isn’t Going to ‘Stop and Eliminate’ Its Nuclear Program
The president’s Middle East envoy has repudiated the idea that the U.S. might be open to a reasonable compromise with Iran: United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has said that Tehran “must stop and eliminate” its nuclear enrichment programme to reach a deal with...
Don’t Forget the Victims of Our Wars
Rozina Ali reports on some of the civilian casualties caused by U.S. airstrikes in Yemen: Hassan’s brothers were already there, digging through the rubble, searching for the remains of a family. “They were scattered and torn into pieces,” he said. Rescuers recovered...
The Nonsensical Case for the Illegal War in Yemen
Kenneth McKenzie is the former head of CENTCOM, and he thinks the illegal war in Yemen is just great. Here is his defense of Trump’s bombing campaign: First, we’re asserting the importance of free passage on the global commons; we are the world’s greatest maritime...
An Economic War Based on Lies
Trump’s massive escalation of his trade war was far worse than expected. The president just launched a major worldwide economic war for no real reason, and he and his allies cooked up bogus numbers to justify their unprovoked aggression. It is an economic war based on...
Trump’s ‘There Will Be Bombing’ Threat Is Deranged
The president makes another threat to start a war with Iran: In Trump's first remarks since Iran rejected direct negotiations with Washington last week, he told NBC News that U.S. and Iranian officials were talking, but did not elaborate. "If they don't make a deal,...
The Real Scandal Is the Illegal War in Yemen
The Yemen Data Project reports that U.S. strikes in Yemen over the last week have killed at least 25 civilians, including four children. The initial strikes that top Trump administration officials were celebrating killed at least 13 civilians and injured nine more....
Daniel Larison on An Extreme Ultimatum for Iran
Mike Waltz confirmed again that the Trump administration’s demands for Iran are extreme: MARGARET BRENNAN: Can you clarify? Is the U.S. seeking the dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program, or verification, like what President Obama put in place back in 2015 and...
Daniel Larison: Israel Shatters the Gaza Ceasefire
The Israeli government was already deliberately starving the population of Gaza with their blockade, and now they have resumed intense bombing: Israel’s military launched a large-scale bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, breaking the fragile ceasefire...
Trump Escalates the Illegal War in Yemen
The Trump administration is continuing and escalating the illegal war in Yemen: The United States began to carry out large-scale military strikes on Saturday against dozens of targets in Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, according to local news...
