Security

An American soldier shakes hands with a soldier in the Syrian army. (Photo: CENTCOM)

USA

Syria Joins Global Coalition Against ISIS as SDF Integration Accelerates

KRG Minister of Interior, Reber Ahmed. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Officials Emphasize Security and Voter Turnout in Iraqi Parliamentary Election

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes as he and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back inspect a guard of honor prior to the 57th SCM, in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2025. (Photo: AP)

USA

Pentagon Overhauls Weapons Procurement System to Accelerate Deliveries and Boost Wartime Readiness

Newly recruited cadets of Afghan Taliban's Defense Ministry stand atop a military vehicle. (AFP)

Middle East

Afghanistan-Pakistan Peace Talks Collapse Amid Mutual Recriminations

Kurdish citizen Mohammed Ahmed Derwish (R), Kurdish citizen Shukri Ahmed (L). (Photo: Handed to Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Crimes Escalate in Afrin as Kurdish Civilians Killed Amid Ongoing Looting and Lawlessness

Kurdistan

Peshmerga Participate in U.S.-Iraq Strategic Talks to Strengthen Long-Term Security Cooperation

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City May 22, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)

Middle East

Israeli Army Chief: Fate of Gaza Militants “Either Death or Surrender”

China’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian. (Xinhua News Agency)

World

China Commissions Advanced Fujian Aircraft Carrier, Signaling Growing Naval Ambitions

Lebanon's Hezbollah members gather around the coffins of their militants killed in recent Israeli attacks during their funeral in Nabatiyeh city, Lebanon, November 2, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Hezbollah Rejects Negotiations Between Lebanon and Israel as Border Tensions Escalate

A fighter from the Women's Protection Units YPG. (Photo: Social Media)

Syria

SDF Operations in October Capture 79 ISIS Militants Across Western Kurdistan

A Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter flies in the skies over Bucharest. (Photo: DVDIS)

Europe

Romania Buys Dutch F-16s for ‘Symbolic’ €1

The inauguration ceremony of the first bilateral Combined Command Post for air defense in the Middle East at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 3, 2025. (Photo: CENTCOM)

Middle East

CENTCOM and Qatar Open First Joint Air Defense Command in Middle East

Finland's President Alexander Stubb speaks with the media as he arrives for the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. (Photo: AP)

World

Finnish President Warns of Rising Nuclear Tensions as Drones Spy Over NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence Site in Belgium

Armed members of Iraqi tribes participating in anti-government protests in Karbala, Dec. 8, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq's Government Fails to Curb Vast Arsenal of Illegal Weapons, Undermining Security and Sovereignty

Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visiting Israeli troops in southern Lebanon last amid the incursion, October 2024. (Photo: IDF)

Middle East

Israel Steps Up Strikes on Hezbollah as Lebanon Fails to Honor Disarmament Pledge

The photo shows an armed Israeli Air Force plane. (AP)

Middle East

Israeli Intelligence Shifts Focus to Iraq as Regional Risks Multiply