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Claims that divers have recovered Egyptian chariot wheels, horse and human bones from the bottom of the Red Sea to “prove” the biblical parting of the waters are longstanding and widely circulated, bu...
The claim that chariot wheels were found beneath the Red Sea traces to Ron Wyatt’s late‑20th century dives and later sensational headlines, but reputable fact‑checking and archaeological commentators ...
Claims that divers have found ancient Egyptian chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red Sea trace back to amateur investigator Ron Wyatt and have been repeatedly circulated and amplified by sympathetic...
The United States has significantly expanded its military footprint across the Middle East since 2023, with roughly 40,000–50,000 troops regionally and increased naval, air and missile‑defense assets ...
Claims that President Biden authorized the U.S. military to use lethal force against Americans or to override limits on domestic military action stem largely from a misunderstood September 2024 revisi...
President Biden has authorized U.S. military operations since taking office in 2021, including an early 2021 airstrike in Syria/Iraq and multiple counterterrorism and other strikes reported through 20...
In 2025 the U.S. Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups into the Middle East to deter Iranian escalation, counter Houthi attacks on shipping, and conduct targeted strikes against extremist groups...
Recent high-profile reports describe newly charted deep brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba and "startling" deep‑sea environments in the Red Sea; those discoveries are reported by media outlets and scien...
Since 2020 shipping flows have shifted from pandemic-era bottlenecks toward route diversification, regional hub growth and increased transshipment activity in Southeast Asia and Caribbean/Atlantic hub...
The United States maintains a dense mix of permanent bases, rotational forces, naval strike groups, and acknowledged—but often classified—special operations and intelligence missions across the globe;...
The public record and independent trackers show the Biden administration conducted airstrikes in at least four countries during his first term and beyond, with major, well‑reported strikes in Syria, I...
Since taking office in 2021 the Biden administration authorised and carried out airstrikes in multiple countries, most prominently Syria, Yemen (including strikes tied to Red Sea/merchant-vessel prote...
Available reporting shows a major U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean in November 2025 — notably the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group operating near Venezuela — but the sources say the USS Nimitz was a...
Iran’s regional proxies offer complementary, asymmetric capabilities that can prolong and complicate a conflict with Israel: Hezbollah brings the most sophisticated missile and ground-force threat fro...
Claims that ancient Egyptian chariot wheels and the remains of Pharaoh’s army have been found on the floor of the Red Sea are widespread online but lack independent, peer‑reviewed verification; reputa...
Public reporting establishes that President Joe Biden personally authorized or directly took responsibility for specific U.S. military strikes in Iraq, Syria and Yemen and for operations tied to threa...
Multiple actors—amateur claimants (notably Ron Wyatt and followers), independent investigators who promote the finds, and legitimate marine science teams—have visited and studied parts of the southern...
Surface-level claims that chariot wheels and chariot remains were found on the seafloor of the Red Sea trace back to popularizers like Ron Wyatt and sensational websites, but multiple skeptical invest...
No confirmed additional MH370 wreckage was found after 2018; the main underwater searches through 2018 and the short Ocean Infinity 2018 effort turned up no seabed wreckage, though multiple debris pie...