Israel is signaling a wider campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen, a mountainous and impoverished country more than 1,000 miles from Israeli territory.

The war with Hezbollah has cleared out the north of the country — save for a hardy few and their thousands of prized fish.

Israel's wars in the Middle East are unlikely to end in 2025 or for that matter any time in the foreseeable future. The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence.

Retired Navy SEAL Mike Sarraille evaluates the situation in the Middle East on ‘America Reports’ after Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks stall.

In the wake of the unprecedented October. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, Israelis are having to grapple with the new reality of firearm ownership in a country where owning guns was once uncommon.

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with Israel's northern neighbor.

A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen has targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports.