Eastern Syria — CBS News was among the first news outlets to speak on Thursday with Travis Timmerman, an American who was feared dead by family and friends, days after he was freed from a notorious prison in Syria. He said he had spent seven months jailed by the regime of now-ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad…
Israel’s pre-dawn airstrikes on military targets in Iran in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic republic fired on Israel earlier this month were met with mixed reactions both at home and abroad. Explosions were heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though Iran insisted the strikes caused only “limited damage” and Iranian state-run…
The Biden administration will temporarily send U.S. troops and a ground-based interceptor that shoots down ballistic missiles to Israel to bolster its defenses against Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Sunday. The deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is described as a way to “strengthen Israel’s defenses…
The cancelled trip comes as the region braces for Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has cancelled plans to meet United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as the region braces for an expected response by Israel to Iran’s missile attack last week. A spokesperson for the Pentagon confirmed on…
Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed almost 42,000 people since Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory, the majority of them women and children. Israel launched the war in immediate response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks, when the group fired hundreds of rockets and militants…
NewsFeed Residents in the occupied West Bank held a funeral for Ziad Abu Hlail, a 66-year-old Palestinian man who died during an Israeli raid to arrest one of his sons. A different son said Israeli forces struck and pushed the man. Abu Hlail was a prominent figure often seen in social media videos confronting Israeli…
“Oh my God, the key to my grandfather’s home!” exclaims 10-year-old Najwa, her voice brightening with excitement as she clutches the key in her small hand. Standing atop a heap of rubble where her grandparents’ home once stood, she adds “Now, it’s all destroyed.” Six months after Close Up first met Najwa in Rafah, the…
