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Iran has been able to used chaos and unrest in Iraq as a perfect cover. It is known to be stocking arsenal of short-range missiles in the land to forward its own power play and agenda at large. According to American intelligence and officials, Tehran has been meddling with Iraqi …

After over two weeks of violent clashes over a gasoline price hike in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani has asked for the release of innocent unarmed civilians. Iran has been reeling under dissatisfaction over bad governance. On November 15, the Iran government increased the prices of gasoline by 300 percent sending …

Five rockets landed on Tuesday on Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts U.S. forces in Anbar province in western Iraq, an Iraqi military statement said. No casualties were reported, it added, giving no further details. The top U.S. general, Mark Milley, visited Iraq last Tuesday amid a spate of anti-government protests …

As lawmakers became aware that the White House administration was actually withholding aid sanctioned to Lebanon, the hold has suddenly been lifted and funds have been released. US President Donald Trump’s administration had been holding funds of more than $100 million in security aid for Lebanon for close to a …

More deaths of civilians have been reported from Northern Syria where the Assad regime led Russian fighter planes to attack the Idlib area. Since 2011, anti-government protests have led to deaths of more than 3.7 million people in Syria and displaced millions more. The counts of deaths have gone to …

Around 2000 civilians were seen gathering at the West Bank city of Ramallah by midday and are enraged by the way Trump has shown open support to Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim of annexing the West Bank, once he wins the re-elections. America has stated that as per international laws, Washington does …

In the wake of Iran blocking internet access and leading to a literal blackout of information flow in the country, the United States has sanctioned its information minister, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi. According to the US Treasury Department, Jahromi has advanced Tehran’s policy of “repressive internet censorship” while in office and …

For the first time in many years, Yemen is showing positive signs of growth as peace is descending on the war-torn nation. According to data shared by special envoy Martin Griffiths, the last two weeks have shown a dramatic decrease in the rate of the war. Griffiths has thanked Saudi …

Benjamin Netanyahu has formally been charged under corruption charges. After his only strong contender Benny Gantz, the former military chief could not find the majority to put a government together, this is the only way, Netanyahu’s dictatorship can be brought down in Israel. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving premier …

The U.S. Justice Department has now confirmed that their internal watchdog is going to release the long-awaited report that will spell out origins of investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The report is slated for release by December 09 this year. Justice Department Inspector General …

A western intelligence report showing Qatar knew of Iranian plans to attack four ships off the coast of the UAE could have “devastating” legal implications for Doha, an international relations expert said. GhanemNuseibeh, the founder of the London consultancy Cornerstone Global Associates, also told The National the intelligence report, which …

Iran civilians are the ones to take to streets as their supreme leader supported a hike in gasoline prices in the country. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader willfully supported the price hike, leaving people dissatisfied, and police resorting to tear gas violence to disperse crowds that had blocked strategic …

Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday cautiously backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices by 50% after days of widespread protests, calling those who attacked public property during demonstrations “thugs” and signaling that a potential crackdown loomed. The government shut down internet access across the nation of 80 million people …

In a surprising move, the supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has granted pardon to almost 3500 prisoners on which 32 were being held on “security” charges. These were essentially university students and journalists. Those convicted of armed opposition against Iran were not granted a pardon.  The announcement came following the Islamic holiday …

After Iraq, it is now Lebanon where armed forces have gone to the streets to disperse protestors that are demanding social and economic reform in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. An anti-graft street movement has been ongoing on the streets of the country, for close to a month now. A nation wise …

Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan sounded politically correct when he said that Ankara’s intentions to remain in Syria are straight- “unless all other countries pull their support from Syria, we are not leaving.” His other reason for justification is that “we will not let up until every last terrorist leaves …

Turkey wants to send Islamic State fighters and their families back to their countries of origin after capturing parts of northeast Syria from the Kurdish forces who have held the prisoners since toppling the so-called caliphate earlier this year. Turkey’s cross-border incursion to fight the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces has …

America’s intervention into Syria’s prolonged civil war is now more of profitable extractions. In a recent statement to the media, Trump has confirmed his intent to see ‘oil as a good return for the kind of money US has spent in Syria to offer it support.’ His stance is completely …

The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has confirmed that it has started to resume uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility by injecting uranium gas into centrifuges. This move goes completely in violation of the 2015 Nuclear deal between Iran and all the other major world powers. According …

While the US has made a clean sweep by eliminating the ISIS leader Baghdadi, Turkey is now making its presence felt, as it claims to have captured one of Baghdadi’s wife, his sister, and brother in law. Ankara has given an official statement that they plan to extract any information …

In a recent interview with NBC, ex-Vice President of the United States Joe Biden has termed Trump’s decision to leave a chunk of soldiers back in Syria as a ‘sure-shot ISIS training ground.’ In intel which was provided to the US by Kurdish forces, Pentagon was able to eliminate the …

The awkward camera angle is meant to hide the fact that the owner of the phone is filming, but there is no mistaking the outlines of the heavy cargo being deposited on the dock in the Yemeni port of Aden last week. The distinctive shape of the US-made Oshkosh armored …

A car bomb exploded in northern Syria killing 13 and wounding 20. The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town recently occupied by Turkish-backed militant proxies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast targeted pro-Turkey fighters and civilians were also among the …

Turkey has criticized the stance of other European countries on the issue of accepting back Islamic militants of various nationalities, back into their countries’ of origin. Speaking to the media recently, the Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has confirmed that Ankara will send back captured Islamic State members back to their …

An aid approval by the Congress for Lebanon has been withheld by the Trump administration on the behest of the Israeli government. Sources have confirmed that the security aid worth $105 million was withheld due to reasons that show conflicting points of view in the White House. Israel has apparently, …

The FBI says it is investigating more than 2,000 cases tied to groups designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations, a figure that reflects the persistent threat posed by outfits such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah. There are currently 68 individual groups on the U.S. State Department’s list of …

On Wednesday, Kurdish forces have not yet finished their withdrawal from Syria’s outskirts with Turkey, which means there could be another exercise to oust them, announced President Recep, Tayyip Erdogan. He added that the Syrian Democratic Forces had not pulled back 30 kilometers from the north-eastern Syrian fringe as concurred …