Israel / Middle East

Hezbollah Launches Front on Israel in Joint IRGC Strike — ‘Serious Escalation Ahead’

Hezbollah declared a military campaign against Israel on Wednesday night in what Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described as a “joint and integrated operation,” launching more than 100 rockets, drones, and missiles at over 50 Israeli targets as Jerusalem retaliated with heavy strikes in Beirut and warned the confrontation is now “headed toward a serious escalation.”

BEIRUT, LEBANON - MARCH 11: Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh following

Hegseth: Iran’s Military Power ‘Systematically Annihilated’ — War ‘Ends on Our Timeline,’ No ‘Endless Nation‑Building’

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Iran’s military power is “being systematically degraded and annihilated” as Operation Epic Fury entered its tenth day, declaring the campaign will end “on our timeline and at our choosing” while forcefully pushing back against suggestions it could devolve into another prolonged Middle East conflict.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JUNE 22: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news co