Day: August 21, 2026

By  SAMAR KASSABALIUpdated 8:16 PM EDT, August 18, 2026 Leer en español DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel struck an air base in northwest Syria early Tuesday, saying it aimed to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there. Turkey, which has close ties with the Syrian government and has been providing assistance to Syria’s military, has tense relations with Israel. The rival countries have sought to curb each other’s influence in neighboring Syria. Eight strikes hit the runway of the Abu Duhur air base in the northwestern province of Idlib, causing damage but no casualties, state TV said. Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani told reporters …

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US treasury secretary vows Washington will ‘collapse’ Islamic Republic regime, promises toughest sanctions yet; US targets Hezbollah with new sanctions, emphasizing ties to Tehran By Agencies and ToI Staff20 August 2026, 11:54 pm Women walk past a portrait of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israel strikes on February 28, and images of the Iranian flag, on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned newly threatened US economic and trade sanctions, claiming they would target ordinary Iranians and amount to “economic terrorism” and crimes against humanity. …

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Developments suggest that Turkey is gradually acquiring the ability to project naval power across two strategically important maritime theaters: the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Israel must plan its next steps. Opinion. Jonathan Pollard Published: Aug 21, 2026, 11:15 AM (GMT+3) Jonathan PollardArutz Sheva Tensions between Turkey and Greece are once again rising over conflicting maritime claims. Just recently, Ankara officially designated two “protected zones” in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean that, according to Greek sources, infringe upon Greek maritime rights. One is located in the northern Aegean, between the Greek islands of Limnos and Samothraki, while the other is in …

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Aug 21, 2026 Lebanese media reported early Friday morning that the Israel Air Force carried out strikes in the town of Mansouri and in the Ali al-Taher ridge area in southern Lebanon. Later, two additional strikes were reported in Duhayra and Kfar Rouman in southern Lebanon. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/692135

“The US has massive amounts of ‘munitions’” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on August 6, adding that claims of any munitions shortage were fabricated. A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, March 21, 2025.(photo credit: Kent Nishimura/Reuters)Is the US military actually running out of missiles?›What is the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense?›How many Tomahawk missiles were fired in month one?›How long did defense leaders get to speed up production?› ByESTHER DAVISAUGUST 21, 2026 06:33 “Claims of US munitions shortages are false,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. “America’s military remains the most powerful fighting …

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