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The Iranian-supported Houthis still possess a large arsenal of sophisticated weapons despite weeks of regular U.S. strikes, according to U.S. defense officials.

By Farnaz Fassihi A report published in the New York Times on Monday sheds light on the Fatemiyoun Brigade in Syria, made up of Afghan refugees who joined the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria to defend “holy Shiite shrines.” They also sought to escape extreme poverty and fear of being returned to Afghanistan. The Brigade acted as a force in proxy wars for Tehran. However, they feel wronged because they are largely ignored in Iran.

Iran, eager to disrupt U.S. and Israeli interests in the Middle East but wary of provoking a direct confrontation, is privately urging Hezbollah and other armed groups to exercise restraint against U.S. forces, according to officials in the region.

The US military recently conducted a cyberattack against an alleged 'Iranian spy ship' which had been operating near the Chinese military base in Djibouti. The ship, named the MV Behshad, had allegedly been collecting information on cargo vessels in the Red Sea and communicating the same to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.  Three US officials were quoted as saying by media reports that the cyberattack was in response to the drone attack by Iran-backed militias that killed three US service ...

Reports of the new anti-satellite weapon build on longstanding worries about space threats from Russia and China.

The covert operation was intended to inhibit the ship’s ability to share intelligence with Houthi rebels who have been attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea.

Defense officials and experts have spent the last decade warning against the oncoming threats of drones in future warfare, even as the U.S. has enjoyed virtually unchallenged air superiority since the Korean War.

We're the suckers.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin canceled a trip to Brussels for NATO defense talks after being admitted to a military hospital for a second time this year, the Pentagon

A second round of talks in Baghdad came a day after the predominately Shia bloc in parliament forwarded a petition calling for American troops to be expelled from Iraq.