Author: Press Room
Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury in Iran, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported Sunday. CENTCOM gave little detail of events surrounding the deaths in the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation as they were announced via a social media post. It did mention next of kin have yet to be notified and further details will be withheld until that time, “Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is…
Global oil prices and natural gas prices moved up sharply on Monday morning, while the stock market appeared to take the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel and Iran’s retaliation against its Persian Gulf neighbors in stride. Futures for Brent crude oil, the global benchmark for oil prices, rose by more than eight percent, propelled by worries about supply constraints stemming from military clashes around the Persian Gulf. Traders are looking for signs of damage to energy infrastructure in the Mideast and whether tanker ships will be able to continue to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the…
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said the U.S. military strikes in Iran are “a chance for the Iranian people to rise up and to reclaim their freedom.” Host Dana Bash said, “The question is the people below them and whether or not you are confident based on what you’re seeing, that enough of the Iranian regime was taken out, that there really can be a change in leadership. And then the next question is, how does that work?” Cotton said, “Well, Dana, the more immediate question is Iranian military power. That’s what they’d use…
The escalating chaos in the Middle East was apparently not enough for the Brussels bureaucrats to cut their weekend short European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has drawn mockery for her response to the Iran crisis after announcing that an emergency meeting on the situation can wait until after EU bureaucrats enjoy their weekend.US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on Saturday, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, senior officials, and hundreds of civilians, including more than 100 schoolchildren in a strike on an elementary school.Iran retaliated with hundreds of missile and drone attacks on Israel and US bases across the…
Iranian citizens awoke to mysterious push notifications from a hacked prayer app urging military personnel to surrender as Israel and the United States launched coordinated strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities Saturday morning. Wired reports that in an unexpected development as the Iran strikes began, Iranian citizens began receiving a series of unusual notifications on their mobile devices. The messages came from “BadeSaba Calendar,” an Islamic prayer-timing application that has been downloaded over 5 million times through the Google Play Store and appears to have been compromised by hackers. The notifications arrived in rapid succession over approximately 30 minutes,…
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said President Donald Trump has “started a war of choice” with Iran. Warner said, “I think the president has started a war of choice. There was no imminent threat to the United States. So the decision to put our service members in harm’s way and bases around the region in harm’s way was entirely based upon the president’s decision, not an imminent threat to America. I think it is incumbent that the president of the United States comes before the American people and the Congress and makes the case…
Multiple outlets reported on Monday that the Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi Arabia had temporarily shut down after dramatic images surfaced of smoke billowing from the facility following an Iranian attack. Bloomberg News and the Times of Israel both reported that sources close to the facility were shutting it down to assess the damage from what is believed to be an Iranian drone attack. Reuters published images that appeared to show workers at the refinery evacuating locals around the complex as part of the shutdown. Saudi Arabia is one of at least nine countries targeted by the Iranian armed forces this…
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Members of the Iranian American Community poured onto the streets of the Alamo City to celebrate news of “Operation Epic Fury”, the joint U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran on Saturday. Revelers from the Persian community told Breitbart Texas that the news from President Trump that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in the strikes was “Icing on the cake.” President Trump announced the death of the Ayatollah Saturday afternoon in a Truth Social post that read in part, “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice…
RT Arabic has evacuated its office in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after a nearby airstrike, the channel reported on Monday. There were no immediate reports of casualties among its staff.Branch chief Hami Hamedi has shared several videos showing a building which he said had just been destroyed next to the RT office.He said a gas leak, which can be heard in the footage, prompted his decision to instruct staff to urgently leave the premises.A separate clip shows nearby buildings with windows shattered by the blast wave.On Saturday, the US and Israel launched a joint military attack against Iran, aimed at…
McAllen, Texas — Authorities in the Texas border city of McAllen are investigating a fight between neighbors that escalated into a full blown gunbattle that left seven people shot, including four who died. The shooting took place near Edinburg, Texas, in rural Hidalgo County shortly before 8 p.m. According to information released by Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra, deputies responded to the mass shooting on Saturday evening. Upon arrival, sheriff deputies found multiple people with gunshot wounds. Two men and one woman had died at the scene, and emergency medical personnel rushed three other men to a local hospital, where…