Security

U.S. Army convoy rides during a joint exercise with SDF at the countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo: AP)

Syria

Armed Attack Targets U.S. and Syrian Security Forces Near Palmyra, Several Injured

The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams alongside USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (photo: US Naval Forces Central Command/US 6th Fleet)

USA

U.S. Forces Board Vessel in Indian Ocean, Seize Cargo Bound for Iran

A Palestinian Hamas militant looks on as Egyptian Worker, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern of Gaza Strip on Dec. 1, 2025.

Middle East

U.S. Pushes for International Stabilization Force in Gaza Early Next Year

Iranian seamen piloting a speedboat near a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy PLAN in the Gulf of Oman. (AFP)

Iran

Iran Seizes Oil Tanker in Gulf of Oman, Iranian Media Report

Valmara 69 mine in one of the mine lands of the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Designed b yKurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Mine Clearance Progress Advances in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok Province

Released Syrian detainees prepare to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected ISIS fighters in Syria's northeastern Hasakah governorate on Sept. 3, 2023 (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Women, Children Stopped in Escape Attempt from Al-Hol Camp: Officials Say Bad Weather Facilitated Bid

Smoke rising from a cargo ship on fire in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast, on Nov. 29, 2025. (AFP)

World

Ukraine Hits Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker in Black Sea

A Lithuanian security officer examines a balloon used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania. (AP Photo)

Europe

Lithuania Declares National Emergency After Belarus-Linked Balloons Disrupt Airspace

U.S. Republican Congressman Joe Wilson. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson Urges Iraq to Curb Iran-Backed Militias, Protect Kurdistan Region

A bombed hangar a day after the Israeli military hit weapons depots near the Mazzeh military airport, outside Damascus, on Dec. 9, 2024. (AFP)

Syria

Shelling of Unknown Origin Strikes Vicinity of Mezzeh Military Airport West of Damascus

An Israeli air force war plane. (AP)

Middle East

Israeli Air Force Strikes Elite Hezbollah "Radwan Force" Training Complex in Southern Lebanon

A meeting of Iran's Supreme Court in June 2020. (Photo: Tasnim News Agency)

Iran

Iran Sends Dual National to Trial on Charges of Spying for Israel After June War

Two Japanese F-15 Jet Fighters. (Photo: Japan Ministry of Defense)

World

Japan Summons Chinese Ambassador After Fighter Jet Radar Lock Incident Near Okinawa

Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi, L, and Australian counterpart Richard Marles, review an honor guard ahead of a bilateral meeting at the defense ministry Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP)

World

Japan, Australia Urge Calm After Chinese Jet Locks Radar on Japanese Fighters Near Okinawa

A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet performs during MAKS-2009 in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 21, 2009. (AP)

World

Documents Show Russia Building 16 Su-35 Jets for Iran, Deliveries Expected by 2027

An IRGC photo shows a missile launched during drills in the Gulf and Gulf of Oman on Dec. 4, 2025. (AP)

Iran

Iran Signals Naval Escalation With Unveiling of Gulf-Spanning Missile