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The US appears to have launched strikes on Iranian targets in eastern Syria after Joe Biden vowed to hold all those responsible for the deaths of three American soldiers in Jordan to account

It is stuck firmly in the DNA of the American military that when they lose comrades the deaths must be avenged and they will in a sense take the “Wild West” to the “Wild East

Pentagon chiefs are planning a blitz on Iranian proxy group the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which hit a US outpost called Tower 22 in north east Jordan with a drone, also injuring 40

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Footage has shown commandos entering the Jenin Hospital in Palestine and killed three militant suspects dressed as medical employees and armed with assault rifles

President Joe Biden vowed the US “shall respond” to the attack on ­logistics base Tower 22 in Jordan which was hit by increasingly aggressive pro-Iranian militia who are based in Syria

With tensions skyrocketing in the Middle East as the US military suffered their first casualties over the weekend, the Mirror today offers an explainer into the conflict

South Africa brought a landmark case against the state of Israel accusing them of breaking internationally upheld conventions against genocide to the UN's top court

"When the country's top soldier General Sir Patrick Sanders says we should start the thinking about preparing for possible civilian mobilisation - we should be listening"

Four UK Typhoons joined US forces to smash targets in Yemen on Monday night after attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continued - Rishi Sunak has not ruled out further strikes

The UK and US militaries conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes in Yemen on an array of the rebels' missile-launching capabilities, launching Tomahawk missiles

The multi-million pound Royal Navy ship HMS Chiddingfold reversed into fellow hi-tech British combat vessel HMS Bangor in the embarrassing maritime pile-up in Bahrain

In a bleak outlook, Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs NATO's Military Committee, said governments need to be ready to mobilise citizens and it's "not a given" that there will be peace

From next month more than 200,000 sailors, soldiers and aircrew will practice defending against Russian aggression after growing concern war could break out in Europe

It is possible the escalation may go up a few more notches before reaching the point of no-return when all sides have to agree to stop or hurtle towards all-out war

The US and UK this week launched joint airstrikes against Yemen Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, which is claimed to have killed at least five people in the region

Here's everything you need to know about the conflict that has broken out in the Red Sea with British and US forces bombing sites in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has boosted the country's National Guard to 350,000, compared to the UK’s 73,000 troops and soldiers in Russia are also equipped with heavier weapons

Despite US efforts to prevent a wider escalation of the war in Gaza there are fears of escalation after an Israeli drone strike killed a senior Hamas leader in Lebanon

Israel is said to be moving towards a low-intensity war with Hamas, as it faces an escalating cross-border conflict with Syria and Lebanon, with plans to withdraw from Gaza within weeks

Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv faced a massive 100-missile barage on Tuesday this week, as Putin continues to pile misery on Russia's neighbour to cower its population

The Mirror's Defence and Security Editor Chris Hughes fears the Red Sea will be a new focus of trouble in 2024, due to Iran-backed Houthis attacking Western shipping, with conflict continuing in Israel and Ukraine

Troops say they found the vast network 260ft under Gaza City

Ukrainian troops battling Russian invaders and the sub-zero winter temperatures have issued a desperate plea as they fear the Israel-Hamas war has distracted attention from their cause

As global unease spreads over the rising death toll in Gaza the IDF announced it had killed three people held hostage by Hamas after mistaking them for enemy fighters

As the death toll of Israel's onslaught against Gaza threatens to reach 20,000 before the end of the year, the IDF is pumping seawater into the tunnel system used by Hamas