Shafaq News/ U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed concern over Israel's failure to notify the United States about its plans to strike Damascus, according to a report by the Washington Post on Friday.

The strike, which targeted the Iranian embassy in Syria, resulted in the

Shafaq News/ Israel is on high alert as U.S. officials warn of a potential direct attack by Iran, anticipated to occur within hours.

The threat stems from Iran's vow to retaliate for the killing of Iranian military officers, including Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a leader in the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along

Shafaq News/ Three survivors of Abu Ghraib, who were abused as prisoners while US soldiers guarding them smiled, will finally get their day in US court. The trial is scheduled to begin Monday in US District Court in Alexandria and will be the first time that survivors can bring their claims of torture to a US jury.

Twenty years ago this month,