Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-intercepts-missile-launched-yemen-2025-05-13/ The Israeli military intercepted a hypersonic missile that was launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi militia on May 13th. The missile’s target was the airport near Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, which triggered multiple air raid sirens across Israeli cities. This was all done despite a prior agreement with the United States with the Houthis… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-saudi-arabia-have-discussed-riyadhs-potential-purchase-f-35-jets-2025-05-13/ The United States and Saudi Arabia finalized a landmark arms deal for $142 billion on May 13th, 2025, making it the largest defence cooperation deal in U.S. history. This deal was announced during Trump’s visit to Riyadh and the deal involves contracts with more than a dozen American defense companies, covering areas such as air and… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-starts-gulf-visit-seeking-big-economic-deals-2025-05-13 On May 13, 2025, President Trump began a high-profile visit to the Gulf region, where he announced that he decided to lift the longstanding sanctions that the United States held on Syria and revealed a $600 billion investment pledge from Saudi Arabia. Trump justified the removal of the sanctions as a move to support Syria’s post-war… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/emirates-death-sentence-rabbi-zvi-kogan-0c167275788c9c23df300a2f76fad60d The UAE court has sentenced three individuals to death after they murdered an Israeli-Moldovan religious leader, Rabbi Zvi Kogan. The murder took place in the UAE and the three defendants were all convicted for being involved in the crime. The ruling of the court has drawn serious attention due to the complex international connections involving Israel, Moldova,… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-war-614b616f130dca37ee22bfdd85834487 This article discusses the recent U.S. airstrikes in Yemen that targeted Houthi rebel positions, which has resulted in the death of at least of four individuals. The U.S. military carried out these attacks in an effort to counter the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and other allies in the region. As the Houthi s continue to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrike-targets-barzeh-neighborhood-syrias-damascus-state-news-agency-2025-04-02/ On April 2nd, 2025, Israel launched airstrikes on multiple Syrian military sites which included airbases in Damascus, Hama, and Homs. The strikes inflicted heavy damage on the military airport in Hama with multiple runways, hangers, and depots. Syrian officials have reported numerous casualties among civilians and military personnel. One of Israel’s targets was a scientific research… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-an-arab-country-will-deliver-trumps-letter-tehran-2025-03-12/ This article discusses the rejection of Trump’s offer to negotiate over Iran’s nuclear program. Trump’s letter was delivered through the UAE envoy. This letter called for mostly talks but also included threats that were being backed by the military if the negotiations failed. The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed the offer due to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/arab-states-keep-talking-with-trump-envoy-egypts-gaza-plan-2025-03-12/ This article discussed the ongoing talks between the Arab States and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff regarding Egypt’s plan to rebuild Gaza. The plan which was enforced by the Arab leaders aims to reconstruct Gaza without displacing the Palestinians, offering a contrast to President Trump’s proposal. However the United States has chosen to reject this plan even… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-nudged-kurds-towards-damascus-deal-troop-presence-comes-into-focus-2025-03-12/ This article covers a deal between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government, which the United States helped push forward. The goal of the agreement is to integrate the SDF forces into the main state of Syria’s institutions and hope that this will bring the end to the conflict in northern Syria. This… Read more »
