Israel uncovered a significant weapons smuggling network involving several northern residents, including five soldiers, the ...

The United Nations Security Council has formally approved the Gaza stabilization plan originally drafted under the Trump administration, a roadmap based on a phased ceasefire, deployment of an ...

The arrest of Lebanese drug trafficker Noah Zaiter coincided with Israeli media reports claiming that weapons were once again being smuggled from Syria into Lebanon, and that Hezbollah had ...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz (Center-right, head of table) meets with military and security officials. (Elad Malka, Israeli Ministry of Defense) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered ...

On Oct. 5, 2025, Russia launched a wave of 549 drones and missiles at Lviv, just 35 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland, ...

UK support to help Yemen combat piracy and weapons smuggling in first UK Ministerial visit to Yemen in six years. UK stands with Government of Yemen ...

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A Pakistani national was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for his part in running a smuggling ring that funneled Iranian-made advanced arms to the Houthis, a deadly mission that led to the ...

A frequent consultant to the U.S. government on Middle Eastern affairs and an expert on chemical weapons are among the faculty members at the University of California, Santa Cruz, available to field ...