Tag: Iraq
Ex-Envoy Who Fiddled With Syria Troop Figures Urges Biden to Continue Trump’s Middle East Policy
Middle East11:06 GMT 16.01.2021(updated 11:25 GMT 16.01.2021) Jim Jeffrey retired from his post as President Trump’s special representative for Syria and envoy...
Pentagon Plans to Test Missile That Allegedly Killed Soleimani in Arctic Conditions
The United States assassinated Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020, with Iran avenging the...
US-Israeli Intelligence Reportedly Closely Coordinated ‘Massive Air Strikes’ on Syria
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of intense air strikes near the Syrian towns of Deir ez-Zor, Mayadeen and Boukamal along the border with...
Iranian Scientists Urge IRGC Aerospace Force to Shoot Down Any Intruding US B-52s
In late December, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif signalled the Islamic Republic's readiness to defend its "security and vital interests" amid the US military...
Iran’s Syria Envoy Says Soleimani’s Death Pumped ‘New Blood Into the Veins of the Resistance’
Middle East16:31 GMT 08.01.2021(updated 17:09 GMT 08.01.2021) The Islamic Republic marked the one year anniversary of Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani on...
IRGC Says US ‘Cannot Relax Even in Own Home’ Amid Reports of Iran-Related Threat Against Capitol
World13:37 GMT 06.01.2021(updated 14:38 GMT 06.01.2021) This past Sunday marked the one year anniversary of the US drone strike assassination of Iranian...
Bond Girl Tanya Roberts Was Reported Dead While Still Alive But Who Else Has This Happened To?
Actress Tanya Roberts, who appeared as a geologist in the James Bond film A View To A Kill, was reported to be alive, 24...
As Judge Rules Julian Assange Should Not Face Extradition, What Was in the Infamous WikiLeaks Files?
Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks in 2006 with a group of activist friends and IT experts. In 2010 he told AFP: "We are creating a new standard for...
Video of ‘Simulated Iranian Attack’ on US Base Emerges Online Amid 1st Anniversary of Soleimani’s Killing
On Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the US assassination of top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, on January 3 2020 as an "act of...
Iran’s Ultimate Revenge for Soleimani’s Murder Would be US Military Expulsion From Mideast, Analyst Says
One year after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Iranians are still angry with the US, says a Tehran-based expert. And although the country did...
Crowds of People Flock to Baghdad Int’l Airport to Commemorate Anniversary of Soleimani Killing
Top general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qasem Soleimani, was assassinated on 3 January, 2020, in a drone strike directly ordered by...
Iraqi Security Forces Work to Deactivate Mine Discovered on Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf
US00:15 GMT 02.01.2021Tensions are mounting in the Persian Gulf amid the United States’ show of force against Iran in the Persian Gulf as...
Zarif Says Iran Has Intelligence on US Plot to Fabricate Pretext for War
Middle East12:28 GMT 31.12.2020(updated 17:13 GMT 31.12.2020) Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged that "Iran-backed militias" were responsible for...
NATO Reportedly Irate as ‘Irresponsible’ Trump ‘Mishandles’ Transition of Pentagon to Biden Team
US18:59 GMT 31.12.2020(updated 19:09 GMT 31.12.2020) In the week after Joe Biden was proclaimed the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election,...
Iran Accuses UK Security Firm of Leaking Info for US Drone Strike That Killed Soleimani
Earlier, Iran’s top judge Ebrahim Raisi said that the US President was the “chief criminal” in the assassination case of Iranian anti-terror commander General...
Peace Pacts, Military Ops, Soleimani Murder, Beirut Blast & More: How Middle East Will Remember 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the already complex situation in the Middle East. But the region has also seen a few glimpses of hope;...
