Dave DeCamp

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On Wednesday night, the US bombed the Ras Issa fuel port in Yemen’s Red Sea province of Hodeidah, targeting the facility with two attacks that killed civilian workers and paramedics. According to Yemen’s Al Masirah TV, at least 22 people, including five paramedics, were killed. The paramedics were hit by a second US attack on the facility that came after rescue workers had already arrived at the scene to help victims of the first strikes (watch graphic footage of the aftermath of the attack here).

1 week ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

A Ukrainian official announced on Thursday that the US and Ukraine had signed a “memorandum of intent” to move forward with an economic deal that would give the US a piece of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.

1 week ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

The US military has started removing hundreds of troops from Syria but will leave over 1,000 in the country, at least for now, The New York Times reported on Thursday. US officials told the Times that the US was shuttering three of its eight bases in northeast Syria and that it would bring troop levels down from 2,000 to 1,400. After 60 days, the US military will assess the situation and potentially make additional cuts to the troop presence.

1 week ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

The US-backed Somali government said on Thursday that the US launched airstrikes in support of its operations against al-Shabaab, which has been making gains in a ground offensive in southern and central Somalia. The Somali Information Ministry said in a press release that on Wednesday night, a joint airstrike launched by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Somali military targeted Adan Yabaal, a town about 140 miles north of Mogadishu that al-Shabaab just captured.

1 week ago | news.antiwar.com | Dave DeCamp

On Thursday, President Trump said he was “not in a rush” to attack Iran when asked about a report from The New York Times that said he “waived off” an Israeli plan to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities that would require significant US support. “I wouldn’t say waived off. I’m not in a rush to do it because I think that Iran has a chance to have a great country and to live happily without death, and I’d like to see that. That’s my first option,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.