WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK), when asked to comment on the nuclear talks between U.S.-led world powers and Iran, said it is important to remember that Iran was behind the killing of many American soldiers in Iraq.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents who took over Yemen tried putting a $100,000 bounty on the head of recently deposed President Abd Mansour Hadi, who has been forced to flee the country. Vocativ reports that considerably larger rewards have now been posted for the capture of Houthi leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi and the previous president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has thrown in with the rebels.
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported Israel and Arab states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan were finding “common cause” in “their opposition to US policy” towards Iran on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live.” “Israel, however, and several countries across
CNN just revealed an Iranian aircraft flew near a US Navy helicopter over the Persian Gulf in March. Officials believe incidents like this could lead to larger clashes.
Naval forces from Saudi Arabia moved to block ports in Yemen in an effort to prevent weapons and fighters from coming in and out of the country as coalition airstrikes continue to target Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Different sources have provided a variety of opinions on the status of Iranian nuclear negotiations over the past twenty-four hours.
Mohammad Reza Naqdi, head of the Basij militia unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, has surfaced to reassure the world that death for Israel is still very much on the table on the eve of the P+5 nuclear talks, and will never be negotiated away as part of any nuclear deal with President Obama.
Turkey is in the process of recovering from a major blackout that has brought the country to a relative standstill. Almost the entire country has been affected by the massive power cut, according to some media reports out of Turkey. Officials are considering the possibility that they were hit by a major cyber attack directed at its critical infrastructure.
Retired Maj. Gen. Bob Scales said Iranians do not believe this deal is about nuclear weapons–they will get the bomb–but rather it is about sanctions.
Desperate John Kerry looks for a nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday; President Obama to update George Bush’s ‘Roadmap to Mideast Peace’
Reuters reports at least 40 people were killed and 200 more wounded in an errant attack against a camp for “displaced people” in northern Yemen on Monday. Houthi insurgents claim this was collateral damage from an air attack on their positions by the Saudi-led international coalition seeking to restore the government of deposed President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) argued that President Obama believes that if “we just stop doing the things that make them aggrieved, they’ll be better” with regards to Iran and the broader Middle East on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five” on
The leaders of Arab League nations have officially agreed to form a unified military force to counter Iranian influence and Islamist extremism.
A piece on the Iran nuclear deal published at the Huffington Post cites the IAEA inspection regime that is already in place as a sign of the forthcoming deal’s success, but what the IAEA really wants is the implementation of the so-called “additional protocol,” which amounts to snap inspections.
Many complicated factors contribute to the global price of a barrel of oil, but two of the leading components are supply and risk—and both have the potential to escalate in the days ahead.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out and blasted the impending nuclear deal between the P5+1 world powers and the Iranian regime, calling the accord a historically bad agreement that lets Iran race towards nuclear weapons development.
On Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough and his panel weighed in on the potential deal the Obama administration is attempting to broker with the Iranian government over its nuclear weapons program. According to Scarborough, President Barack Obama
Iran was heavily involved in nuclear weapons research, according to documents given to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2005. To date, Iran has refused to acknowledge this past work on nuclear weapons, but IAEA reports leave no doubt the documents are credible and described research only suitable for a nuclear arms.
Top Iranian journalist defects, criticizes US nuclear negotiators; Arab League meeting ends with promise for joint Arab military force; Report: Iran nuclear negotiations may be deadlocked
The Saudi-led strikes against Yemen continued over the weekend on the capital of Sanaa against the Shiite Houthi group.
Houthi Shiite militants are setting up anti-aircraft batteries at a Yemen University, seemingly utilizing the educational institution to provide civilian cover against the ongoing Saudi-led air campaign against the Iran-backed fighters, Al Jazeera reports.
With news of a “provisional” nuclear agreement reached in Switzerland between Iran and the P5+1 powers this weekend, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) appeared on ABC News’ This Week on Sunday where he said the failure of the Obama Administration to negotiate a reasonable deal with the Iranian regime has been a direct factor in raising the likelihood that the United States will need to use military force against Iran.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the Obama administration currently has “competing objectives” in their Middle East policy. Schiff said, “We’re in a very dangerous place, certainly in Yemen. I think there is a real
Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Sunday,” former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy is one of “willful ignorance.” Flynn said, “We have to face reality and that
On Saturday, the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Judge Jeanine Pirro said that the US was “sleeping with” Iran while “spurning” its ally Israel. “Why are we sleeping with the enemy, writing them love letters, dining with
