Dave DeCamp

2 days ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

On Wednesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the US’s nuclear proposal and vowed Tehran would never get rid of its uranium enrichment program, saying the issue was none of the US’s “business.”“A nuclear industry without enrichment capabilities is useless because we would then be dependent on others to obtain fuel for our power plants,” Khamenei said in a televised speech marking the 36th anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini.

2 days ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

The US on Wednesday vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council that called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, the release of Israeli captives, and the unrestricted flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. The US was the only member of the 15-member Security Council that didn’t vote in favor of the ceasefire.

2 days ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called for the recent US bombing of the Ras Issa Fuel Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, to be investigated as a war crime due to the massive civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. The US launched airstrikes against the port on April 17, killing 84 civilians and injuring 150 more. The monitoring group Airwars was able to identify the 84 civilians by name. The dead included 49 port workers, several truck drivers, two civil defense workers, and three children.

2 days ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on June 2 that targeted the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region, as the Trump administration continues bombing the country at a record pace.

3 days ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

President Trump said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would have to respond to the Ukrainian drone attack that targeted airfields deep inside Russia. “I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides.