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28.11.2025 - 01:32 [ CNN ]

US official says shooting suspect was vetted by intel agencies and “clean on all checks”

At the time, the CIA would have done its own vetting of him through a variety of databases, including the National Counterterrorism Center database, to see if he had any known ties to terrorist groups. The CIA did its own vetting before he started working with them and kept the identities of those they worked with secret, the official said.

NCTC would have vetted him again during Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 for any ties to terrorism before he was allowed into the US. He was clean then as well and did not show any ties to terror organizations, per the senior US official.

28.11.2025 - 01:29 [ Associated Press ]

Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon’s brazen act of violence which occurred just blocks from the White House. The presence of troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has become a political flashpoint.

28.11.2025 - 01:20 [ NPR.org ]

National Guard shooting suspect served in CIA counterterrorism unit, group says

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan man who allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, previously served in one of Afghanistan‘s elite counterterrorism units, according to AfghanEvac, a nonprofit run by U.S. veterans and others who served in Afghanistan.

The unit was operated by the CIA with direct U.S. intelligence and military support, according to AfghanEvac.

28.11.2025 - 01:15 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Attentat auf Nationalgarde: Wie Trump den Angriff instrumentalisiert

Washingtons Bürgermeisterin und auch die örtliche Polizei haben sich immer wieder gegen den Einsatz der Nationalgarde in ihrer Stadt ausgesprochen. Der Bundesdistrikt Washington D.C. hatte sogar eine Klage gegen die Trump-Regierung eingereicht – und recht bekommen. Eine Bundesrichterin entschied vor etwa einer Woche, dass der immer wieder verlängerte Einsatz der Nationalgarde in der Stadt illegal sei.

Von dieser Entscheidung zeigt sich der US-Präsident aber unbeeindruckt. Nach den Schüssen auf die beiden Nationalgardisten fühlt er sich im Recht. Seinen Pentagon-Chef hat er jetzt sogar angewiesen, noch weitere 500 Nationalgardisten in die Hauptstadt zu schicken.

24.11.2025 - 17:58 [ theCradle.co ]

US mercenary firm behind aid massacres returning to Gaza under new UN mandate: Report

Between May and October 2025, over 2,600 Palestinians were killed and around 19,000 injured in the attempt to seek life-sustaining aid from GHF sites across Gaza, according to the Drop Site report.

UG Solutions confirmed that it is preparing for “a wide range of potential scenarios,” which could include an advisory presence or “robust security” roles linked to the newly authorized International Stabilization Force (ISF).

That force will fall under a Trump-chaired “Board of Peace” with sweeping powers over Gaza’s reconstruction, security, economic policy, and aid distribution.

24.11.2025 - 17:52 [ Drop Site ]

U.S. Mercenary Firm Tied to Notorious Aid Scheme Is Recruiting for New Gaza Deployment

(November 19, 2025)

A former army officer who applied for a position as an “International Humanitarian Security Officer” at UG Solutions told Drop Site that a company official told him in a job interview at the end of October that 12 to 15 sites were being planned to open in Gaza and that the company was “going to need a lot more guys.” The former army officer spoke to Drop Site on condition of anonymity, citing security concerns.

The future of Gaza is at a critical juncture following this week’s Security Council vote to approve a U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing an international stabilization force in Gaza, which would not fall under the command of the UN, but rather a so-called Board of Peace chaired by President Donald Trump.

24.11.2025 - 17:47 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces end of ‚mission‘ in Gaza

The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) has announced the end of its „mission“ in Gaza.

The GHF began closing its food distribution sites in the enclave last month after the UN was allowed to resume some deliveries in Gaza.

Hundreds of Palestinians were shot dead at sites run by the group, who were backed by the US and Israel and widely condemned by other aid agencies.

03.11.2025 - 23:20 [ Soumaya Ghannoushi / Middle East Eye ]

Money, mercenaries and mayhem: How Israel and UAE are investing in regional chaos

Israeli and Emirati online networks have worked in tandem to shape narratives around Sudan and Gaza, targeting Sudan’s army even as RSF massacres mounted in El Fasher.

On the defence-industrial side, firms are expanding inside the UAE, tightening a two-way flow of money, tech, and intelligence. Israeli defence firm Controp is opening a UAE subsidiary making it the latest emblem of this deepening security embrace.

All the while, Emirati rulers boast of their „development model“ as a „shining example for the region“: authoritarian, anti-political, drenched in consumerism and spectacle.

It is a façade of progress built on repression. A mirage of modernity concealing a machinery of tyranny.

02.11.2025 - 16:33 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to ‚eliminate‘ Hamas

At least 236 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire took effect, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Three Israeli soldiers have been killed by Palestinian fighters in the same period, according to the Israeli military.

31.10.2025 - 23:27 [ Middle East Eye ]

Exclusive: Inside the UAE‘s secret Sudan war operation at Somalia‘s Bosaso

“They’re frequent and the logistics are transferred immediately to another aircraft that is on standby and is destined for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan through the neighbouring countries,” said Abdullahi, a senior Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) commander at Bosaso Airport, who spoke to Middle East Eye using a different name for security reasons.

According to flight tracking data, satellite imagery, multiple local sources, and US and regional diplomats, the origin of these planes and their cargo is clear: the United Arab Emirates.

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As MEE reported recently, Bosaso is connected to a ring of bases built and expanded by the UAE across the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. The bases, on the islands of Mayun, Abd al-Kuri, Samhah; at the Somaliland port of Berbera and the Yemeni port of Mocha, are all on territory nominally controlled not by the UAE but its allies or clients.

28.10.2025 - 21:59 [ Yván Gil Pinto, Ministro del Poder Popular para las Relaciones Exteriores de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela / Telegram ]

Venezuela ha informado con claridad al Gobierno de Trinidad y Tobago sobre la operación de falsa bandera dirigida por la CIA: atacar un buque militar estadounidense estacionado en dicha isla y luego culpar a Venezuela, para justificar una agresión contra nuestro país.

Es el mismo guion imperial del barco Maine y del Golfo de Tonkin: fabricar un conflicto para imponer intereses ajenos a nuestra región.

Venezuela actúa con firmeza y responsabilidad: en nuestro territorio se está desmantelando una célula criminal financiada por la CIA vinculada a esta operación encubierta. Esperamos que Trinidad y Tobago haga lo propio y no permita que su territorio sea usado para maniobras que amenazan la paz del Caribe.

Respetamos al pueblo de Trinidad y Tobago y confiamos en su conciencia para impedir que su país sea arrastrado a una operación sucia de guerra.

Venezuela no caerá en provocaciones, pero nadie se confunda: defenderemos nuestra soberanía sin titubeos. La Primera Ministra Kamla Persad-Bissessar debe asumir su responsabilidad ante el Caribe y ante la historia: o se pone del lado de la paz o se hunde en la agenda de la CIA.

28.10.2025 - 21:48 [ FirstPost.com ]

Venezuela claims to foil false-flag CIA plot targeting US warship in Trinidad

The allegation came a day after Venezuela said it had arrested what it called mercenaries linked to the CIA.

“On our territory a criminal cell financed by the CIA and linked to this covert operation is being dismantled,” Gil said.

US President Donald Trump said recently he has approved covert action in Venezuela and is considering launching operations on Venezuelan territory.

28.10.2025 - 21:43 [ ABC.net.au ]

Venezuela accuses US of plotting false-flag operation in Caribbean

(18 hours ago)

Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.

It claims the US would have blamed Venezuela for the attack on the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, to justify aggression against it.

The allegation comes a day after Venezuela said it had arrested mercenaries it alleged were connected to the US intelligence agency.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said in a statement he had advised Trinidad and Tobago of the alleged false-flag operation.

20.10.2025 - 13:54 [ Times of Israel ]

Trump says ‘rebels’ staged deadly attack on IDF troops in Gaza, echoing Hamas claim

The Israel Defense Forces directly blamed Hamas for the attack, but Trump’s comment appeared to echo the assertion by the terror group that the incident occurred in an area under Israeli control, where they claim to have had no contact with their operatives for months.

“As you know, they’ve been quite rambunctious. They’ve been doing some shooting, and we think maybe the leadership isn’t involved in that,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
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Two Israeli soldiers — Maj. Yaniv Kula, 26, and Staff Sgt. Itay Yavetz — were killed and three were wounded when terror operatives launched an attack on troops in the Rafah area.

19.10.2025 - 12:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

BREAKING: Israeli air strikes hit Rafah

19 October 2025 10:02 BST

Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the strikes were launched in an attempt to protect the militias of Yasser Abu Shabab, an Israeli-backed gang accused of stealing humanitarian aid and attacking Hamas fighters during Israel’s two-year genocidal war on Gaza.

13.10.2025 - 23:03 [ Al Jazeera ]

After Israel’s war halted, who is clashing with Hamas in Gaza?

What happened?

The Sahem unit, an armed unit affiliated with the Interior Ministry, said the clashes started on Saturday when “an outlaw gang killed resistance fighters from the Qassam Brigades”, the armed wing of Hamas, near the Jordan Field Hospital in Gaza City.

Witnesses told the BBC that 300 Hamas fighters stormed a residential block where Doghmush gunmen were holed up, and a Palestinian security source told the Reuters news agency that Hamas launched a campaign in Gaza City that killed 32 members of “a gang”.

According to the Interior Ministry, eight Hamas members and 19 clan members were killed.

03.09.2025 - 15:42 [ Washington Post ]

U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says

In a secret assessment in April, U.S. intelligence agencies said that Maduro’s government “probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States.” Rather, the assessment said, the Venezuelan regime, while sometimes tolerating the gang’s activities inside Venezuela, largely views it as a potential security threat.

The assessment contradicted Trump’s claim that Maduro controls the group, a rationale he used in invoking the Alien Enemies Act as justification to deport alleged gang members without due process.

30.08.2025 - 20:03 [ PeoplesDispatch.org ]

Venezuela mobilizes 4.5 million militia members as US deploys troops to the Caribbean

(August 20, 2025)

President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday, August 18, that he is activating “over 4.5 million militia members across the entire national territory” of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the US deployment of three Navy guided-missile destroyers and 4,000 military personnel to the Caribbean. The White House has described the deployment as an anti-drug trafficking operation in the region, while some analysts have called it a new threat against Venezuela – the country with the largest oil reserves in the world.

The US military deployment comes after Washington raised its bounty on the Venezuelan president from USD 25 million to USD 50 million, alleging links to drug cartels.

30.08.2025 - 19:48 [ Junge Welt ]

Das imperiale Drehbuch bleibt gleich

(August 18, 2025)

USA stufen Venezuelas Präsidenten als Gefahr für nationale Sicherheit ein. Caracas warnt vor Intervention

30.08.2025 - 19:46 [ CBS News ]

U.S. guided-missile cruiser spotted crossing the Panama Canal after warships deployed to Venezuela

Washington has accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading a drug cartel and has doubled the bounty for his capture to $50 million.

The U.S. has, however, made no public threat to invade Venezuela.

Caracas announced on Monday the deployment of 15,000 security forces to the Colombian border for anti-drug trafficking operations.

A day later, Venezuela announced that it would patrol its territorial waters with drones and navy ships.

27.08.2025 - 17:18 [ Middle East Eye ]

Exclusive: US contractors in Gaza pursued MEE journalist before his killing

Days before, a source for one of Salama’s major investigations for MEE told him that they had been briefly detained at an aid distribution centre by US security contractors guarding the site.

There, the source said, they had been interrogated about the identity of the reporter behind the story. Salama worked on the story anonymously for security reasons.

“The source would not have been in contact with me unless they thought something was deeply wrong,” Salama told colleagues at the time.

When asked if he felt safe knowing he was being pursued for his work, Salama replied: “We journalists are never safe in Gaza.”

Middle East Eye asked Safe Reach Solutions and UG Solutions, the two US security firms working at the aid distribution sites, whether they were involved in the source’s interrogation.

MEE also asked if their employees were passing intelligence to Israel on the identity of Palestinian journalists such as Salama.

They had not replied by the time of publication.

26.08.2025 - 19:43 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes

“The direct US participation in military operations with Israeli forces means that as a matter of international law, the United States has been and currently is a party to the armed conflict in Gaza,” said Sarah Yager, Washington director at Human Rights Watch. “US military and intelligence personnel and contractors assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes may at some point find themselves facing criminal prosecution for atrocities in Gaza.”

Under international humanitarian law, the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza is a non-international armed conflict. International law does not set out specific criteria for determining when a country assisting another country in a non-international armed conflict itself becomes a party to that conflict, though direct participation in combat operations is a clear example.

09.08.2025 - 11:02 [ Ärzte Ohne Grenzen ]

Gaza: Verteilstellen der GHF sind Orte „orchestrierter Tötungen und Entmenschlichung“

(August 7, 2025)

Der Bericht „This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing“ basiert auf medizinischen Daten von Ärzte ohne Grenzen, auf Patient*innen-Aussagen und medizinischen Beobachtungen aus erster Hand, die darauf hindeuten, dass israelische Streitkräfte und privates US-amerikanisches Sicherheitspersonal an den GHF-Verteilstellen gezielt Gewalt gegen hungernde Palästinenser*innen verübt haben.

Ärzte ohne Grenzen fordert, den von den Vereinten Nationen koordinierten Mechanismus zur Lieferung von Hilfsgütern wiederherzustellen. Die Regierungen der Vereinigten Staaten und anderer Länder sowie private Geldgeber*innen sollten jegliche finanzielle und politische Unterstützung für die GHF einstellen. Die GHF ist eine israelisch-amerikanische Stellvertreterorganisation, die die Verteilung von Lebensmitteln militarisiert hat.

Der nun veröffentlichte Bericht von Ärzte ohne Grenzen dokumentiert die Vorfälle, die Mitarbeitende von Ärzte ohne Grenzen in zwei Kliniken erlebt haben.

09.08.2025 - 10:56 [ Médecins Sans Frontières ]

THIS IS NOT AID. THIS IS ORCHESTRATED KILLING – MSF’s frontline medical testimony on systematic mass casualties from GHF sites in Gaza

(August 7, 2025)

The conflict in Gaza has been marked by 21 months of abject horror and
dehumanisation. The world has watched as a civilian population, unable to
flee, has been starved, forcibly displaced and bombarded by one of the world’s
most “sophisticated” militaries — armed by Western states. In May 2025, the
unfolding genocide in Gaza was marked by a disturbing new development
as Israeli authorities moved to dismantle the UN-led humanitarian response,
replacing it with a militarised food distribution scheme run by a previously
unknown entity — the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).1 The GHF has
been touted by the Israeli and US governments as an “innovative solution”
— a supposed answer to unproven claims of aid diversion in Gaza and
unfounded accusations of UN failure.

In practice, the militarised food distribution scheme has weaponised
starvation and curated suffering. Distributions at GHF sites have resulted in
extreme levels of violence and killings, primarily of young Palestinian men,
but also of women and children, who have gone to the sites in the hope of
receiving food. At the time of writing, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reports
that more than 1,000 people have been killed and 7,200 injured while
attempting to collect aid — the vast majority of them at GHF distribution
sites.3 Shockingly, we have witnessed the impact of the violence with our
own eyes. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have been working
on the frontline, treating people with devastating injuries — gunshot wounds,
barbed wire lacerations, crush injuries from stampedes — sustained while
trying to receive aid at GHF distribution sites.

05.08.2025 - 23:37 [ PBS.org ]

Security contractor says he witnessed ‘barbaric’ and un-American tactics at Gaza aid sites

(August 1, 2025)

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with former security contractor Anthony Aguilar about what he saw there and why he believes the execution of the GHF mission has failed.

05.08.2025 - 23:31 [ USA Today ]

Ex-contractor likens Gaza aid effort to ‚The Hunger Games,‘ former employer refutes claims

A fired U.S. contractor likened Gaza aid efforts to “The Hunger Games.” His former employer and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation refuted his claims.

18.07.2025 - 00:01 [ Al Jazeera ]

WATCH: Is Israel using the Druze to expand hegemony in region?

Israel claims it has attacked Syria to protect its Druze minority, but analysts say its primary goal is to “divide and weaken” the country while expanding its hegemony in the Middle East.

17.07.2025 - 23:53 [ Middle East Eye ]

Syrian Bedouins ‚massacred‘ by Druze anti-government militias, says state media

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, a Druze spiritual leader who has been critical of the new Syrian government, has been accused of leading the main armed anti-government groups in Sweida.

17.07.2025 - 00:41 [ Breakingthenews.net ]

Syrian army withdraws from Sweida after ceasefire

Following clashes with local Bedouin tribes that resulted in over 100 deaths, Syrian government soldiers entered Sweida on Tuesday with the claimed goal of enforcing a truce that was agreed upon with leaders of the Druze community. Witnesses, however, claimed that during a violent rampage across the city, government forces allied with the Bedouin to target Druze combatants and civilians. Earlier this evening, it was reported that the death toll had topped 300.

17.07.2025 - 00:34 [ Middle East Eye ]

Turkey says ceasefire in Syria may take place within hours

16 July 2025 20:05 BST

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday that a ceasefire could take hold in Syria within the next three to four hours, as Israeli military strikes continue to target Syrian government forces in Sweida and Damascus.

“By working together with the Americans, I hope that

17.07.2025 - 00:31 [ Middle East Eye ]

US calls upon Syria to pull out troops in southern border

16 July 2025 19:23 BST

The statements were made after fighting between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern city of Sweida hours following a ceasefire agreement.

17.07.2025 - 00:05 [ Washington Post ]

Israel bombs Damascus, stoking conflict with Syria’s new government

Israel on Wednesday launched what it said were “dozens” of strikes across Syria, including in the capital, escalating a conflict with a fledgling government that was already grappling with domestic unrest in which scores of people have been killed.

Israel tied Wednesday’s strikes and others this week to that internal conflict, saying it was attacking forces of the new Islamist government to protect the Druze minority.

16.07.2025 - 11:12 [ Times of Israel ]

Sources confirm Israel arming Gazan gang to bolster opposition to Hamas

(June 5, 2025)

Abu Shabab claims to be securing humanitarian aid convoys entering Gaza, while some have accused his gang of looting them.

The arming of Abu Shabab was carried out without the approval of Israel’s security cabinet. It was led by Israeli security bodies, and was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to defense sources.