A senior official is confirmed to attend a security conference in Bahrain on Monday, a source in the Gulf country told The Times of Israel, in the latest significant sign of warming ties between parts of the Arab world and Israel.
With anti-establishment protests rocking his country, Walid Jumblatt, the longtime leader of Lebanon’s Druze community, said he supports dialogue with the protesters and the enactment of “appropriate economic reform.”
Two unnamed Iraqi security officials told Reuters on Thursday that snipers from Iran-backed militia units were employed to kill civilians during the massive protests that erupted in the first week of October.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, in a move designed to ease concerns in Israel that Tehran could move to exploit the political vacuum left after the U.S. withdrew forces from Syria.
Ironically, when a diplomatic and political solution to the Kurds’ dilemma presented itself, few bothered to support it. Now that Turkey has crossed the border, many are reacting solely out of political concerns.
Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.
Iran rejects the use of nuclear weapons because they are “haram” and therefore forbidden by peaceful Islam which despises all such “western decadence,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday.
The Iranian Islamic regime and its proxy government in Damascus issued statements Wednesday condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for planning an invasion of Syrian Kurdistan.
Iranian women fans are free to enter a football stadium Thursday for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Islamic republic over its controversial male-only policy.
Iraqi President Barham Salih on Monday condemned violence against protesters and journalists during demonstrations across the country and called on the Iraqi military to protect them.
Trump is leveraging the full scope of American power to combat the threats our nation faces instead of simply relying on the military.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) issued a stark warning Monday in reaction to President Donald Trump announcing his intentions to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Graham said on “Fox & Friends” he hopes Trump “reconsiders” his decision because it will result in ISIS
In a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a massive air defense system to defend against Iranian attacks, especially cruise missiles like those used in attacks on a Saudi Arabian oil facility last month, according to KAN.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he was seeking “non-aggression” agreements with Gulf Arab nations that do not formally recognise the country as a prelude to possible future peace deals.
The Security Cabinet will convene Sunday for the first time in two months, amid cryptic warnings by Israeli leadership in recent days of a growing security threat. Members of the top forum will meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem in the afternoon.
Iran released two travel bloggers from three months detention on Saturday after they were arrested for flying a drone near a military zone without a license.
Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), warned Iran is “invincible” on the battlefield, building on his previous claims of special “hidden” military powers of destruction.
The death toll from four days of widespread protests in Iraq climbed to 60 as of Friday afternoon, with a growing number of allegations that security forces are unnecessarily targeting demonstrators with lethal ammunition.
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Sanai, on Friday to explain the detention of Russian national and former journalist Yulia Yuzik in Iran on alleged charges of espionage.
Massive demonstrations were held in Baghdad on Wednesday against corruption, government inefficiency, and high unemployment.
Iran’s top Revolutionary Guards Corps commander, Major General Hossein Salami, claimed on Tuesday the country had “defeated” the U.S. military before the world.
The Iranian judiciary made two notable announcements on Tuesday: Hossein Fereidoun, brother of President Hassan Rouhani, has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges, and an alleged “CIA spy” has been sentenced to death.
Iran’s top Revolutionary Guards commander, Major General Hossein Salami, warned on Monday that destroying arch-rival Israel was an “achievable goal”.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes “full responsibility” for the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but denied allegations that he ordered it.
(AFP) — The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero docked in Dubai on Saturday after sailing from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas where it was held for more than two months, according to pool footage and a tracking website.
Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City Tuesday and Wednesday to call for regime change in Iran as Hassan Rouhani traveled to the Big Apple to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a sour speech to the U.N. General Assembly in which he accused the United States and its European allies of hypocrisy on classical liberal values and claimed they have lodged false accusations against Russia to maintain their own power.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to tout China’s economic development, its commitment to globalism, and its support for the U.N. and other international bodies.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry urged the world to unite against the “vile and cowardly” Iranian regime in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, identifying Tehran as a global threat that does not respond well to “appeasement.”
The White House this week banned senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials from visiting the United States as part of the latest round of sanctions and policy of “maximum pressure” against the respective regimes.
