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This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (center) and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash (left) attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)
December 31, 2024, 4:30 pm
US court rejects Pentagon chief’s bid to throw out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind
Military appeals court rules against Lloyd Austin’s attempt to revoke agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants that would spare them the death penalty
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 12, 2024, 6:14 am
Syrian rebel chief says working with international groups to secure chemical sites
Pentagon welcomes remarks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader, but stresses ‘actions have to meet words as well’; US defense chief urges ‘close consultation’ with Israel on Syria
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians collect aid food at Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on November 6, 2024 (Eyad BABA / AFP)
November 10, 2024, 2:41 pm
Israel said to believe US prepared to go ‘all the way’ with threats over Gaza aid crisis
Ahead of Wednesday deadline for increase of aid to enclave, US defense chief Austin reportedly gives ‘sharp’ message to new counterpart Katz that arms supply could be jeopardized
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Incoming Defense Minister Israel Katz (L) embraces Yoav Gallant at a handover ceremony in the Defense Ministry after Gallant was fired from the post, November 8, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
November 8, 2024, 8:43 pm
Katz formally replaces Gallant as defense minister, holds assessment with security chiefs
Newly appointed minister speaks with US counterpart Austin; Gallant, fired by Netanyahu, says he’s leaving role with ‘great pain’ over losses, failure to secure return of hostages
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
This photo released by the US Air Force shows a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, flying over an oil tanker in the Middle East on Sept. 4, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Charles Fultz/U.S. Air Force via AP)
November 1, 2024, 11:28 pm
Pentagon bolsters US presence in Middle East with B-52 bombers and warships
Planes and ships deployed to fill the gap as the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its warships prepare to leave the region before USS Harry S. Truman arrives
By AP
Left: US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 10, 2023 (SAUL LOEB / AFP); Right: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking before students and clerics during a rally in Tehran on July 12, 2023. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
October 28, 2024, 12:41 pm
How Biden pushed Israel to limit its retaliatory strike on Iran
Officials say Israel was dissuaded from striking Iranian nuclear and oil facilities through a mix of US diplomacy, military backing and fresh sanctions on Tehran
By Reuters and ToI Staff
People walk past tents sheltering people displaced by conflict in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2024. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
October 24, 2024, 1:18 am
Pentagon chief: Israel will ‘increase number of insurgents’ if Gazans not safeguarded
Austin says Israel should be more precise in attacks on Hamas, calls for it to bring in more humanitarian aid to Strip while acknowledging the ‘very difficult battle space’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) speaks to Israeli Air Force pilots and crews at the Hatzerim Airbase, October 23, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
October 23, 2024, 5:19 pm
Gallant at IAF base: After we strike in Iran, world will understand all our training
Defense minister says those who dreamed of destroying Israel last year have paid ‘heavy price’; Austin says employees of his office not being probed for leak of Israeli prep for strike
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
US President Joe Biden walks out of the White House, October 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 17, 2024, 11:52 pm
World leaders welcome Sinwar’s death, hope it will precipitate hostage deal, end to war
Biden says it’s ‘a good day’ for the world, calls Netanyahu to congratulate him; German, British, NATO officials say Hamas leader, architect of October 7 attack, will not be missed
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Reuters
In this photo released by US Air National Guard, a US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber takes off from a Royal Australian Air Force base in Amberley, Australia, September 11, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Whitney Erhart/US Air National Guard via AP)
October 17, 2024, 8:45 am
US stealth bombers hit Houthi underground weapons depots in apparent warning to Iran
Long-range B-2 plane reported used in Yemen strike for first time; US Defense Secretary Austin says op shows ability to target enemies’ facilities that are seemingly out of reach
By AP
Palestinians sit near the site of an Israeli airstrike which allegedly sparked a fire in tents for displaced people two days earlier in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 16, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
October 17, 2024, 2:54 am
Israel lets 50 aid trucks into northern Gaza after US threat to curb arms deliveries
US notes initial steps taken by Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Strip, hours after confirming it sent letter warning of consequences if situation doesn’t improve in 30 days
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden flanked Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, speaks during a meeting with the members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 20, 2024. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
October 15, 2024, 9:01 pm
US gives Israel 30 days to address Gaza aid crisis, threatens to curb weapons supply
Letter from Blinken and Austin lists series of demands, including allowing 350 trucks daily into Strip, ensuring north Gaza isn’t ‘isolated’; deadline falls days after US election
By Jacob Magid
This handout photo from the US Navy shows the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn sailing alongside the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on September 11, 2024, at an undisclosed location at sea in the Middle East. (US Navy via AP)
October 4, 2024, 5:47 am
US augments military presence in Mideast with more fighter jets, other aircraft
Latest deployments, including the hard-to-detect F-22 warplanes, bring the number of American troops in the region to as many as 43,000
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather for an anti-Israel protest in Tehran's Palestine Square on September 28, 2024, after the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group confirmed reports of the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
September 29, 2024, 11:04 am
Israel said to ask US to deter Iran from retaliating for Nasrallah assassination
Pentagon chief assures Gallant the US supports Israel’s right to self-defense, ‘remains postured to defend its forces in the region,’ as Tehran vows revenge for Beirut strike
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. (AP/Susan Walsh)
September 27, 2024, 11:45 pm
US says it was only tipped off by Israel on Beirut strike after planes were in the air
Israeli official appears to confirm as much, saying the heads-up only came minutes before Nasrallah was targeted; Biden says US wasn’t involved; Blinken hints at frustration over strike
By Jacob Magid
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