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President Donald Trump<\/a> emphasized the need to defend American cities against potential Iranian aggression Wednesday, warning of catastrophic consequences if Tehran were to obtain a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to see problems\u2014and I said it the other day\u2014let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. Let them hit\u2014you want to see a horror show?\u201d Trump said in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to see problems, let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles, and you want to see some bad things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to see a country that would be in freefall,\u201d Trump said, asserting that Tehran<\/a> would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country. We’re not letting that happen. And they’d use it, too. They’d use it. They would use it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n 30 mins agoYemen’s government forces claim 1,860 Houthis neutralized in thousands of strikes<\/p>\n Yemen\u2019s government forces said Wednesday they carried out thousands of strikes against Houthi targets as part of Operation “Dawn of Yemen,” claiming 1,860 fighters were “neutralized.”<\/p>\n “As part of Operation ‘Dawn of Yemen’, armed forces executed 2,103 targeting ops against various Houthis<\/a> militia military targets across all fronts, resulting in neutralizing 1,860 militia members & destroying hundreds of military positions & material,” a spokesman for the armed forces said on X.<\/p>\n In a statement posted on X, coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki also said that 82 targets had been destroyed across Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib, including 11 ballistic missile storage sites<\/a> found in mountainous areas.<\/p>\n 39 mins agoHuckabee rips NYC Mayor over Oct. 7 statement, brands him ‘Jihad Mamdani’<\/p>\n U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sharply criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, comparing the mayor\u2019s stance to President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> message on Truth Social.<\/p>\n Mamdani described the Hamas atttack as “horrific,” but devoted much of his statement to criticizing Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which he characterized as an “ongoing genocide.”<\/p>\n \u201cI wish Mayor \u201cJihad Mandami\u201d sent a message like @realDonaldTrump for Oct 7. But Mayor Mayhem sends loves & kisses to Hamas,\u201d Huckabee said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n 51 mins agoCENTCOM rejects Iran’s claim of ‘full control’ over Hormuz, says oil route is open<\/p>\n U.S. Central Command blasted Iran’s claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz as “false” Wednesday, insisting the oil route remains open despite threats.<\/p>\n \u201cEarlier today, a general from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed in media reports that “the Strait of Hormuz is closed” and his country has “full control over it.” This is FALSE,\u201d CENTCOM said in a statement on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cTraffic is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz right now carrying commercial goods and energy supplies, including 20 million barrels of crude oil,\u201d the command added.<\/p>\n The United States and its regional partners clearly control the strait, CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n The statement came after Mohammadreza Naqdi, an adviser to the commander of the IRGC<\/a>, said that shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz considered illegal by Tehran would be closed.<\/p>\n According to the state-run IRNA news agency, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei also said Wednesday that Iran and Oman had reached an agreement “on the geographical coordinates of safe transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz and on how they will be communicated to the relevant international body.”<\/p>\n 1 hour agoTrump predicts oil prices will plunge ‘like a rock’ as he signals Iran war could end soon<\/p>\n President Donald Trump highlighted oil supplies in the Middle East amid the war with Iran<\/a> on Wednesday, saying the United States had taken out \u201cmore oil out of the Hormuz Strait in the last three nights than at any time in the history of the Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we’ll be out of there soon,\u201d Trump said in Texas before adding that \u201coil prices come down like a rock.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEverything else is coming down. Oil is coming down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we did that whole thing because it was a big operation<\/a> that should have been done by past presidents for many years. It should have been done, but nobody wanted to take it on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n 2 hours ago3 killed, dozens injured in Saudi airport attacks as coalition launches major strikes on Houthis<\/p>\n Three people were killed and dozens were injured in attacks on Saudi Arabian airports, Saudi civil aviation authorities<\/a> said Wednesday, as fighting intensified in Yemen between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government troops.<\/p>\n One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital.<\/p>\n A separate attack on Abha Regional Airport left two people dead and 28 injured.<\/p>\n In response, the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen vowed retaliation, warning the strikes “will not go unpunished,” Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Late Wednesday, the coalition said it launched retaliatory strikes against more than 80 Houthi military sites across the Yemeni governorates of Saada, Hodeidah, Jawf and Marib, the outlet said<\/p>\n 3 hours agoThousands gather in Tel Aviv to mark 3 years since Oct. 7 attacks<\/p>\n Thousands gathered at Tel Aviv\u2019s Yarkon Park on Wednesday night for a memorial ceremony marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, the Times of Israel<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Organized by survivors and families, the gathering was separate from official state ceremonies held on the Hebrew anniversary of the massacre.<\/p>\n Government ministers were absent, while several opposition leaders attended alongside around 50,000 citizens who came to pay their respects.<\/p>\n The ceremony opened at 9:15 p.m. with a minute of silence, followed by performances by Israeli artists and tributes from families of the fallen.<\/p>\n The event was co-hosted by actress Shani Cohen and former hostage Eli Sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were killed in the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Be\u2019eri and whose brother died in captivity in Gaza.<\/p>\n \u201cOn that Shabbat morning, we lost so much,\u201d Sharabi said before describing the destruction of entire communities and the loss of friends and family.<\/p>\n 3 hours agoJohnson says Iran’s collapsing economy will force Tehran to strike deal with US<\/p>\n House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> hailed Operation Epic Fury as a success Wednesday, saying Iran had been \u201cdangerously close\u201d to having a nuclear weapon and predicting the country\u2019s economic collapse would force Tehran to reach an agreement with the U.S.<\/p>\n Speaking at a campaign event for U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, Johnson also said his membership in the \u201cGang of Eight\u201d gives him access to some of the federal government\u2019s most sensitive intelligence briefings.<\/p>\n \u201cOperation Epic Fury was an epic success. We had no choice in the matter,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m on the Gang of Eight. I get the highest level briefing in the federal government. We got the briefing in a bipartisan briefing there, that Iran was dangerously close to having a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo they had to take care of that. Operation Epic Fury<\/a> was an epic success, and now it is winding down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Johnson said the Iranian<\/a> currency was worth almost nothing and that the regime had no more assets to sell around the world.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir economy is in collapse and they are in a desperate state,\u201d he said, adding that they \u201cwill be forced out of desperation to make an agreement with us and to finish this up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe U.S. did the heavy lifting there, and everyone will have to help to make sure that we keep the peace, we keep commerce, and we make sure that jihadism and terrorism is not allowed to go forward and certainly not to have nuclear capabilities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n 3 hours agoSyria could send 20,000 troops to Yemen as Saudi Arabia battles Houthis: report<\/p>\n Syria is weighing whether to send troops to Yemen to support the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis, Axios<\/a> reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n Citing U.S. officials, the outlet said Saudi Arabia and Syria have been discussing the possible deployment, with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa considering the request but not yet making a final decision.<\/p>\n Syria<\/a> could send between 10,000 and 20,000 troops, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n The issue was discussed during a meeting between al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh earlier this week.<\/p>\n Although the United States has not publicly taken a position on a possible deployment, Washington has been consulted by both countries and does not oppose a Syrian deployment in principle, Axios reported.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump said Oct. 5 that the military campaign against the Houthis would \u201cwork out very well.\u201d<\/p>\n 4 hours agoTrump weighs potential Iran strikes before midterm elections: report<\/p>\n The White House has asked the Pentagon to develop options for potential strikes on Iranian <\/a>targets ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, The Atlantic<\/a> reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n Citing administration officials, the outlet reported that the size and targets of potential strikes \u2014 as well as whether the administration will ultimately proceed \u2014 are still being debated.<\/p>\n Supporters of limited strikes acknowledge that such action alone would not bring Iran to the negotiating table, restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> or lower gasoline prices before Election Day, the report said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would make the president look like he got a win and that gas prices would start going down,\u201d a Republican told the outlet.<\/p>\n The report also said a limited operation could be followed by more substantial military action after the midterms, when Trump has publicly suggested military action could resume.<\/p>\n A White House official told Fox News Digital that the commander in chief has \u201call options available at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States is in a very strong position with control of the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranian economy collapsing,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n \u201cIran has been decimated,\u201d the official said, before adding that \u201cthings will go one of two ways; the easy way or the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump<\/a> holds all the cards and will do whatever is best for the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n 4 hours agoIran accuses US of \u2018false flag\u2019 operations to justify war<\/p>\n Iranian<\/a> Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei accused Washington on Wednesday of carrying out what he called \u201cfalse flag\u201d operations to support its war against Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cFalse flags are an old craft: manufacture the incident, assign the blame, and harvest the consequences,\u201d Baqaei wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a world where the American<\/a> and international public is weary of an unlawful war of aggression against Iran, and where the aggressors have no honest way to justify a war of choice, even a raft made of lies can look like salvation to those who are drowning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Baqaei accompanied the post with a video portraying Iran as the target of past and alleged \u201cfalse flag\u201d operations, culminating with the suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot and the FlyDubai terror incident.<\/p>\n 5 hours agoTanker struck by ‘multiple projectiles’ off Qatar coastline, casualties reported: UKMTO<\/p>\n A tanker transiting the Persian Gulf has been struck by multiple projectiles around 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar<\/a>, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO<\/a>).<\/p>\n The agency said casualties have been reported following the strike.<\/p>\n UKMTO also said an investigation is underway and urged vessels to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity or sightings to maritime monitoring agencies.<\/p>\n 5 hours agoIranian president warns country faces \u2018all-out war in all dimensions,\u2019 vows resistance<\/p>\n Iranian<\/a> President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that Iran is facing an \u201call-out war in all dimensions,\u201d while pledging to push for diplomacy, strengthen the country\u2019s defenses and resist pressure.<\/p>\n According to the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency, Pezeshkian made the comments during a Cabinet meeting, while characterizing the current climate as \u201ca situation of total war.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time, we are powerfully pursuing the program of resistance and resilience, and without a doubt, we will resist and will disappoint and frustrate the enemy,\u201d Pezeshkian said of the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n He added that unity in Iran is the priority and said the main issue is relying on \u201cdomestic capabilities, empathy and cooperation with one another,” according to Fars<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6 hours agoFlorida GOP hopeful backs Trump on Iran: ‘This is about ending a long war, not starting a war’<\/p>\n For GOP congressional candidate Dan Green, the military confrontation with Iran isn’t the start of a new war \u2014 it\u2019s the long-overdue resolution of a conflict that began in 1979.<\/p>\n Drawing on his own military tours in Iraq, the Navy veteran running in Florida\u2019s 9th Congressional District argues that America is finally settling decades-long strife with Tehran<\/a>, even as he faces a tough domestic battle over inflation, kitchen-table economics, and a 10-year Democrat incumbent in the newly redrawn Orlando-based<\/a> suburban district.<\/p>\n “I think one thing to know about Iran<\/a> is that they’ve been at war with us since the 1970s, when they seized our embassy in Tehran and they took our Americans hostage. So to me, this is about ending a long war, not starting a war. <\/p>\n “Whether it’s the Marine Corps barracks in the 80s when Iran bombed those, the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, and also with my tours in Iraq, the Iranians were killing a lot of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. <\/p>\n “So, the question is, what’s the butcher’s bill you’re willing to tolerate of dead Americans? And we also know they plotted to kill and assassinate our president.<\/p>\n So, to me, this has been a long time coming, but I think what we really need to focus on is how do we get a successful termination of this conflict and stability back in the Middle East?” <\/p>\n This in an excerpt from a report by Fox News Digital’s David Unsworth.<\/p>\n 6 hours agoPutin marks 73rd birthday with call to Iran, offers Tehran help to ease US tensions: state media<\/p>\n Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>, held a phone call Wednesday in which the Russian leader expressed Moscow’s willingness to assist Tehran in navigating tensions with Washington, Iranian state media<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The call came on Putin\u2019s<\/a> 73rd birthday.<\/p>\n The two leaders praised the “positive and expanding trajectory of relations” between Moscow and Tehran and stressed a shared commitment to further strengthen strategic alignment.<\/p>\n On the war, Putin \u201creferred to efforts by some countries to mediate and help reduce tensions, saying that Russia supports\u201d them, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.<\/p>\n Iranian friends \u201ccan be assured that Moscow is also ready to play a role and provide assistance in this regard,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n 6 hours agoTrump calls Netanyahu on Oct. 7 anniversary, says Hamas paying \u2018very big price\u2019<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> said Wednesday that he spoke with Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, reflecting on the \u201chorrible tragedy\u201d while warning that Hamas and its allies are paying a steep price for the assault.<\/p>\n \u201cI spoke with Bibi Netanyahu, and I wish him well,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cAnd I wish the people of Israel well.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was a horrible day, a horrible tragedy, a horrible in there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other side is paying a very big price for what they did on October 7th. Believe me,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n 6 hours agoHegseth credits USS Abraham Lincoln with crushing Iran threat, \u2018changing arc of history’<\/p>\n Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared Wednesday that the USS Abraham Lincoln\u2019s deployment helped thwart Iran\u2019s<\/a> missile buildup and ensure the regime never obtains a nuclear weapon while changing the course of history<\/p>\n \u201cYou have changed the arc of history, ensuring that crazy people, theocratic leaders, never get a nuclear weapon. It changes the arc of history,\u201d Hegseth<\/a> repeated.<\/p>\n \u201cThere’s only one president, one commander in chief, one military capable and willing to undertake that kind of mission.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven the threat that Iran posed, so many conventional weapons, such a large arsenal, when for 50 years you’ve been building a terror state and digging underground and trying to accumulate enough missiles so that no one can attack you, that means you’re a real threat.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we called the USS Abraham Lincoln, and you responded from minute one, constant combat operations, which Iran could never have expected, the kind of fire and fury that you were able to bring off this flight deck, along with other incredible Americans,\u201d he said<\/p>\n 7 hours agoHegseth tells USS Lincoln sailors US Navy sent 59 Iranian ships to \u2018bottom half\u2019 of ocean<\/p>\n Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a> welcomed the USS Abraham Lincoln crew home Wednesday after more than 300 days at sea, hailing its combat deployment against Iran<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group did, no other carrier strike group has ever done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201c10,000 sorties, 23,000 combat flight hours, almost 4,000 combat sorties, 1.5 million pounds of ordnance dropped on the enemy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cYou guys were central to an arrangement we made with the Iranian Navy before this conflict.<\/p>\n \u201cWe decided to share the ocean with the Iranian Navy<\/a>. They got the bottom half.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou sunk 59 of them. 59 vessels of the Iranian Navy,\u201d Hegseth said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don’t. They had a modern navy before this conflict started. And then they had to deal with the USS Abraham Lincoln and what you’re capable of doing.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then you enforced not just once, but twice, an impenetrable steel wall.”<\/p>\n The aircraft carrier left its San Diego base in\u00a02025 for the Indo-Pacific before being sent to the Middle East earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n 7 hours agoTrump says when US-Iran conflict ends, oil prices could drop to \u2018even lower\u2019 than pre-war levels<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> said Wednesday that \u201coil will drop like a rock as soon as we’re finished with the war, which we’ll be very soon.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s going to be very soon. One way or the other we will be finished with it,\u201d Trump said at the White House.<\/p>\n \u201cBut oil will come down to levels that were, I think, maybe even lower than they were before the war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 8 hours agoCENTCOM showcases US fighter jet taking off from USS Boxer in Middle East<\/p>\n U.S. Central Command released a photo Wednesday showing a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II jet taking off from the flight deck of the USS Boxer during its deployment to the Middle East.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The USS Boxer is one of the U.S. military ships enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>\n “CENTCOM forces resumed the blockade against ships attempting to enter or depart Iranian ports July 14 at the Commander in Chief’s direction. In addition to redirecting 130 vessels, American forces have disabled three ships that refused to comply,” CENTCOM said earlier this week.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past 12 weeks, CENTCOM has destroyed 13 commercial vessels that were violating the blockade or part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ multibillion-dollar shadow network,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 9 hours agoMore than 200,000 displaced in Yemen as Houthi conflict escalates, UN agency says<\/p>\n The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday that 201,217 people “have been forced from their homes in Yemen” as the conflict is escalating between Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n “People are running for their lives and finding nowhere safe to go,” IOM Director General Amy Pope said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The speed of this crisis is alarming,” the IOM added. “In mid-September, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix counted 76,000 displaced people. By the end of the month, the figure had passed 145,000. Today it stands at 201,217 people, or 33,776 households. Nearly all of them, 197,755, have fled since 1 September.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n “Displacement now spans 10 governorates. Ta’iz is the hardest hit, with 114,708 displaced people, 57 per cent of the total,” it also said. “Lahj follows with 42,264, Aden with 20,814, Abyan with 9,030 and Al Hodeidah with 8,244.”<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 10 hours agoHezbollah receives $200 million from Iran to help displaced Lebanese: report<\/p>\n The terrorist group Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help people in Lebanon who have been displaced in the fight against Israel,<\/a> Reuters reported Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The report, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the transfer, said the funds would go to the hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters in southern Lebanon who have been uprooted due to cross-border skirmishes with Israel’s military.\u00a0<\/p>\n Intermediaries who helped facilitate the money transfer charged a 20% fee because of the risks of dealing with Hezbollah, Reuters also reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n The development comes after another report emerged last week saying Hezbollah terrorists received $157 million worth of weapons in 2024, most of it given freely by Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n The analysis found that Hezbollah spent just $28 million on procuring weapons, and those were limited to small arms, ammunition, drone components, dual-use equipment and equipment obtained through its international procurement networks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 10 hours agoIsrael’s military eliminates Hamas terrorist who ‘planted explosives’ brought from hospital<\/p>\n The Israel Defense Forces<\/a> announced Wednesday that it killed two Hamas terrorists, including one who planted explosives that he had obtained from inside of a hospital in northern Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n “IDF forces identified during the night two terrorists from the Hamas terrorist organization who exited Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip. One of the terrorists planted explosives brought from inside the hospital in the area of the yellow line, with the aim of targeting IDF forces,” the IDF wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Immediately after the identification, the IDF struck and eliminated the terrorists to remove the threat. Mohammed Tamos, a sniper in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization who was eliminated in the strike, simultaneously operated as a civil defense worker in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF added.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The IDF reiterates and emphasizes that Hamas continues to cynically exploit hospitals and medical infrastructure in the Strip for terrorist purposes in violation of international law, while turning spaces designated for treating the civilian population into spaces used to advance terrorist activities and rehabilitate the organization’s military capabilities,” it also said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 10 hours agoNYC’s Mamdani, on Oct. 7 anniversary, slams Israel’s ‘ongoing genocide in Gaza’<\/p>\n New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a statement Wednesday on the third anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel<\/a> condemning what he described as the “ongoing genocide in Gaza.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss,” Mamdani said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government\u2019s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians \u2014 including more than 21,000 children,” he continued. “Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them \u2014 all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment,” Mamdani concluded. “To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 11 hours agoIsraeli defense officials concerned Iran could launch missiles as economic situation worsens: report<\/p>\n Senior Israeli defense officials told the country’s security cabinet this week that they are concerned Iran could lash out and launch missiles toward Israel<\/a> as the economic situation inside the Islamic Republic continues to deteriorate, according to a report from The Jerusalem Post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is having a significant effect. The Americans control the strait \u2013 much more than the Iranians control it,” Military Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder was quoted as telling ministers.\u00a0<\/p>\n The remarks come after Iran’s currency hit a record low last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to the Iranian port blockade by the U.S. military in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. Treasury Department also launched its Operation Economic Outcast sanctions campaign against Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 12 hours agoRubio says Iran has ‘lost complete control’ of the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> said Wednesday during a visit to Greece that the Iranian regime has “lost complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The Straits of Hormuz are open. There’s almost as much oil flowing out now as there was before this conflict began, so they’ve lost complete control of the straits. And their economy, and it’s not only in free fall now, the Iranian economy is about to reach a place that few countries in the world have been in terms of how bad it’s going to get,” Rubio said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “And it’s all the fault, all the fault of the radical Shia clerics that make the decisions in that country. They are the ones that have put the poor people of Iran in the situation that they’re in,” he continued. “Because every dollar and every penny that that regime gets, they don’t spend it on roads or bridges or helping improve the lives of the Iranian people. They spend that money on Hezbollah and Hamas and militias that fire rockets out of Iraq and the Houthis.\u00a0<\/p>\n “That’s who they spend their money on. They should have spent their money on their people and instead they spend their money on terrorism and on weapons. So hopefully that’ll change, but yeah, they’ll never have a nuclear weapon.”<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 13 hours agoIsrael’s military vows to ‘never forget the horrors of the Oct. 7 Massacre’<\/p>\n The Israel Defense Forces<\/a> said Wednesday on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that “our countries\u2019 history was forever changed.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “We will never forget the horrors of the Oct. 7 Massacre,” the IDF wrote on X, adding, “3 Years Later, Our Promise Remains Unbroken: To Protect Our Nation.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The Iranian regime-backed Hamas terrorist movement killed over 1,200 people<\/a> on Oct. 7, 2023, including more than 40 American citizens. Hamas took over 250 people hostage on the same day.\u00a0<\/p>\n The IDF in recent years has been striking back at Hamas in Gaza, eliminating many of the terrorist group’s leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 13 hours agoIran claims illegal routes in Strait of Hormuz will become blocked<\/p>\n An adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)<\/a> claimed Wednesday that illegal routes in the Strait of Hormuz will soon be shut down.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mohammadreza Naqdi told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the routes were created by blasting through some of the rocky passages along the Strait of Hormuz, and were used by smaller boats smuggling oil, according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said last week that “vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains approximately 75% below pre-conflict levels, with tankers continuing to dominate observed movements.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Since early July, “31 of 48 projectile strike incidents reported to UKMTO have occurred on the southern Omani route,” it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 14 hours agoIran-backed Houthis attack airport in Yemen as fighting escalates: report<\/p>\n The Houthi terrorist group in Yemen attacked Aden International Airport on Wednesday with ballistic missiles and explosive drones, a report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The development comes as fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen has ramped up in recent days around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping route in the Middle East,<\/a> according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n The government forces are trying to recapture territory along the strait and around the town of Mocha that the Houthis took control of in September, Reuters reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki also confirmed on Wednesday the “Interception and destruction of a ballistic missile north of Riyadh… launched by the terrorist Houthi militia.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 14 hours agoGreece says its open to helping US in the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said Wednesday that his country is open to cooperating with the U.S. and offering maritime aid in the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> if there is a peace process there, according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gerapetritis reportedly made the remark as Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting Athens.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Arrived in Greece for the 6th U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue. Greece is a steadfast, capable NATO ally,” Rubio wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We are united in defense, energy, and shared democratic values. The U.S.-Greece bond is deep, and our partnership is stronger than ever,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n The flow of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains reduced during the U.S.-Iran war.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond<\/p>\n 15 hours agoVance says Iran deal would require reduction in nuclear enrichment capacity<\/p>\n