CNN: The US is planning new strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend, officials said. The scope of the strikes and potential targets were not clear, and officials cautioned they could still be called off. President Donald Trump signaled the plan Friday, saying “we’ll be hitting them very hard.”
Region on edge: The State Department has issued a fresh travel warning to Americans in the Middle East, saying they should consider departing now. Tehran issued new threats to countries that host US bases, and Kuwaiti authorities reported Iranian drone attacks early Saturday…
U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel
A shortage of Navy destroyers, used to defend against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of U.S. European Command to prioritize the U.S. homeland instead, officials said…
As Cease-Fire Teetered, Iran Plotted a Wider War With Aid of Its Proxies
During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war’s costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew…
Several states report cyberattacks as spy agencies suspect Iran is targeting water
According to a joint alert from the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency, “malicious cyber actors” have been remotely tampering with some water systems’ internet-connected programmable logic controllers, or PLCs, causing loss of water pressure and flooding…
Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran
Officials cautioned that they had not definitively determined that Iran was responsible for the attack and that the investigation was still preliminary. But they said Iran had stepped up cyberattacks since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against the country five months ago, and had previously targeted similar water systems and other critical infrastructure in the U.S. There seemed no financial motive, making a criminal attack less likely…
Iran Stokes the Middle East War With Drone Attacks on Kuwait
Iran fired a drone barrage into Kuwait on Saturday, hitting a U.S. ally following President Trump’s vow to intensify military strikes in a rapidly expanding Middle East war.
Kuwait said it shot down the Iranian volley, but the renewed fire added more tension to a region bracing for more conflict. Trump ordered the military to launch a fresh attack on Iran to bring Tehran to the negotiating table, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday…
Israel Says It Killed Several Hezbollah Members on Key Lebanon Hilltop
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had killed several Hezbollah members overnight on a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, challenging a fragile cease-fire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group…