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Declassified U.S. Navy Forward-Looking Infrared images from a UAP intercept over the Pacific Ocean

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@Vladwlad via X

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Scientists Assess Feasibility of Intercepting Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Scientists are exploring whether an existing spacecraft could intercept the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS before it leaves t

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U.S. Troops Are Being Attacked Every Other Day in the Middle East

As Trump talks of a ceasefire with the Houthis, soldiers in the Middle East have faced steady and seldom discussed attacks.

U.S. Central Command launched airstrikes against Houthi targets across Yemen, according to CENTCOM, on March 15, 2025. Photo: CENTCOM/Anadolu via Getty Images

U.S. troops in the Middle East have come under attack close to 400 times, at a minimum, since the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war, according to figures provided to The Intercept by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Central Command.

The strikes, predominantly by Iranian-backed militias and the Houthi government in Yemen, include a mix of one-way attack drones, rockets, mortars, and ballistic missiles fired at fixed bases and U.S. warships across the region. These groups ramped up attacks on U.S. targets in October 2023, in response to the U.S.-supported Israeli war on Gaza.

The casualty revelations come as President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with the Houthis, claiming they had “capitulated” to the United States. “The Houthis have announced — to us, at least — that they don’t want to fight anymore,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “We will stop the bombings,” he continued, noting that U.S. attacks would end “immediately.”

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, said the Houthis had not immediately agreed to the U.S.-proposed ceasefire. The Houthis would “evaluate” the U.S. proposal “on the ground first,” he posted on Tuesday.

When asked for clarification regarding Trump’s claims, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said Trump’s remarks were “clear.”

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While the IDF has said it doesn’t seek any long-term occupation of Lebanon, El-Sadany pointed to the war in Gaza where Israel continually moved its goal posts. “It does seem that the U.S. has accepted Israel’s objectives as their own, and the problem here is that Israel’s objectives are not clear,” she said. “What does it mean to end Hamas? What does it mean to end Hezbollah? Are you talking about taking out a few top commanders? Are you talking about taking out every single person affiliated with Hezbollah, the political party?” In addition to its armed wing, Hezbollah also operates as an official political party in Lebanon and has been a part of the national government for over three decades. “The goal posts have never been defined and the problem with the U.S. automatically absorbing those objectives without even understanding the definition of what that means to Israel is what is making us all less safe and is pulling us into this war that we’ve now been in for a year, and allowing Israel to open up new fronts in an extremely dangerous way,” El-Sadany said.

Jonah Valdez, ‘Israel’s “Limited, Localized” Invasion of Lebanon Is Sparking a Regional War’, Intercept

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Merrell Intercept