Archived Antiwar.com News from August 28, 2025

News

Updated August 28, 2025 - 8:45 PM EDT

Euro Powers Trigger 'Snapback' Sanctions on Iran

		Israeli Ground Troops Raid Damascus Airbase
		Israeli Drones Attack Damascus, Killing Eight Syrian Soldiers

Trump Discusses Gaza With Blair and Kushner

		*60% of Americans Oppose Additional Military Aid to Israel*
		*100 Groups Demand Release of American Teenager in Israeli Prison*

Gaza Orthodox Church in Israeli Evacuation Zone

		*IDF, Starvation Kill 75 More Palestinians in Gaza in Past 24 Hours*
		*US Contractors in Gaza Pursued MEE Journalist Before His Killing*

US Envoy Barrack Faces Protests in S. Lebanon

US-Israeli Plan Includes Turning Beirut Suburb Into 'Refugee Camp'

Venezuela Orders Naval Patrols Amid US Tensions

UN: Children in Sudan's El-Fasher Face Starvation

Viewpoints

	More Lawmakers Publicly Blame Israel for Starvation, Deaths in Gaza by Stavroula Pabst
	*The Palestine Chronicle* Case: When Truth Becomes the Crime by Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba**

	No Compromise on Iran and Venezuela by Ted Snider
	US Non-Profits 'in the Tank' for Exxon, Chevron for Venezuela Oil by Joseph Bouchard & Nick Cleveland-Stout
More Viewpoints

The Fake Narrative Supporting a Long War in Ukraine
by Glenn Diesen

Frontline

	HRW: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes
	'I Lost My Family, My Home, My Sight': Israel Blinds Thousands in Gaza

The War at Home

	In Defiance of Voter Base, DNC Rejects Resolution Calling for Israel Arms Embargo
	Chicago-Area Naval Base Could Potentially Support ICE Operation
	Microsoft Requests FBI Help To Shut Down Anti-Genocide Protests: Report
	Army Combat Veteran Burns US Flag Near White House To Protest Trump Order
	Seven Protesters Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Sit-In Demonstrations at Microsoft President's Office
	Trump Not Targeting Nvidia Stake, but Eyeing Other Industries: Bessent
	The Growing List of Military Ousters Under Trump 2.0
	What US Troops Legally Can and Can't Do in Washington, DC
	Prosecutors Fail To Indict Air Force Vet Who Threw Sandwich at Feds

Russia

	Kremlin Says Russia, Ukraine Continue Contacts Via Heads of Negotiation Groups
	Russia Opposed to European Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Says Kremlin

United Kingdom

	Middle East Eye Editor Writes to British PM Over Killing of MEE Journalists
	Lib Dem Leader To Boycott King Charles' Trump Banquet in Protest Over Gaza
	Taliban 'Ready and Willing' To Join Forces With Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage for UK Deportation Scheme
	US OKs $861 Million C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft Sustainment Support for UK

France

	Macron Warns Netanyahu Gaza City Takeover Will Deepen Israel's Isolation, Fuel Antisemitism
	Macron Hits Back at Netanyahu Over Claims of Fueling Anti-Semitism

Europe

	Germany Approves Arms Deal With Israel Despite Export Ban Announcement
	Denmark Summons US Diplomat Over Greenland 'Influence' Attempts
	NATO Says All Countries To Finally Hit 2% Spending Goal
	US Approves $103.9 Million AIM-9X Missile Sale to NATO
	US Approves $1.85 Billion F-35 Sustainment Deal for Poland

Asia

	Vietnam Ramps Up Artificial Islands in Disputed Spratlys, Military Infrastructure Spotted
	North Korea Blasts South Korea's Lee as 'Confrontation Maniac'
	Trump's 50% Tariffs on India Over Russian Oil Purchases Take Effect
	China Rules Out Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks With US and Russia

Gaza

	A Third of Outpatients Treated for Wounds at MSF's Gaza Hospitals Were Children
	Israeli Army Kills International Palestinian Runner Near Aid Center in Gaza
	'I Cannot Imagine Our Coverage Without Him': Tributes Paid to MEE Gaza Correspondent Mohamed Salama
	Hamas Challenges Israeli Account of Gaza Hospital Attack That Killed 21
	Photos: Palestinians Flee Israel's Fierce Bombardment of Gaza City
	Evangelical Aid Nonprofit Becomes First Aid Group To Collaborate With Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
	NGO Says Starving Gaza Children Too Weak To Cry
	Pope Demands End to 'Collective Punishment' and Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
	Fr. Romanelli: Gazan Christians Remain With Those Who Suffer

Israel/Palestine

	Israel Wanted To Punish a Palestinian Village. So It Destroyed 10,000 of Its Olive Trees
	Israel Withholds Over 700 Palestinian Bodies, Some for Decades
	Dozens Injured as Israeli Forces Raid Nablus in Occupied West Bank
	Brad Pitt Among Hollywood Heavyweights Backing Gaza-Set 'Hind Rajab' Film
	Israeli Army, Settlers Unite in Collective Punishment of West Bank Village of Al-Mughayyir
	IDF Chief Hints Ultra-Orthodox Cannot Continue To Evade Military
	Israeli Army Storms West Bank's Nablus: 25 Palestinians Injured, Homes Raided

Lebanon

	How Israel Wrecked Lebanon's Water Systems Despite Ceasefire
	Lebanon Tasks Army To Secure Monopoly on Weapons, Disarm Hezbollah
	Hezbollah's Leader Qassem in Military Uniform Vows Not To Disarm

Iran

	Iran Says Killed 13 Fighters in Restive Southeast
	How Deep Did Israel's Mossad Infiltrate Iran?

Africa

	Families of Egypt's Political Prisoners Haven't Seen Them in Over a Decade
	Libya Probes Reports of Ukrainian Drones as Tripoli-Kyiv Ties Raise Regional Alarm

The Americas

	Lula Denounces US Decision To Revoke Visa From Brazilian Justice Minister
	Canada Won't Recognize Damascus Unless Kurdish 'De Facto' Authority Acknowledged: Official
	Teen Who Shot Colombian Presidential Hopeful Sentenced to Seven Years