A disaster in Syria as Russia and Turkey clash

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Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday, along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Syrian internally displaced persons in a camp north of Syria’s Idlib … Read More

ANALYSIS: Iran teeters once again on the brink

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Iran faces anti-terrorism sanctions, voter discontent, and a rising death toll from the Coronavirus outbreak. Missiles in Tehran – Reuters Watching events in Iran over the past few days, one cannot escape the impression that the country is facing a … Read More

Coronavirus Update: Infections Have Now Spread To The Middle East

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KEY POINTS Four people have died from the virus in Iran and 18 cases have been confirmed Most cases in Iran were linked to the city of Qom, where the Chinese are building a solar power plant Lebanon reported its … Read More

Commission: Yemen is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis

A displaced woman (C) sits among her children outside a temporary shelter in Sanaa, Yemen, 7 February 2020. [Yahiya Arhab/EPA/EFE] Obstruction by the rebel Huthi authorities in northern Yemen has put the world’s biggest humanitarian lifeline at risk, threatening millions … Read More

Iran Could Have A Nuclear Weapon By This Time Next Year

Key Point: The European Union, China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Iran remain parties to the deal. America is not. The commission overseeing the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program is “treating this issue with the seriousness it … Read More

Khamenei: Palestinians must force out Israel, U.S. with ‘jihad’

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Palestinians burn an Israeli flag during a protest in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | Feb. 5 (UPI) — Iranian head of state Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday wholly rejected the Mideast peace plan by President Donald … Read More

Mike Pompeo to Iran: Stop funding Hezbollah if you want diplomatic thaw

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned regime hardliners preventing reform in Tehran. Mike Pompeo and Dominic Raab said their two countries broadly had the same end goal over Iran. AFP Iran could bring itself in from the international cold without … Read More

The Muslim ‘Holocaust remembrance’ farce

What ordinary, sensible Jews should “Never Forget” is that what passes for Jewish leadership proudly orchestrated the hideous spectacle of the Muslim World League’s Auschwitz pilgrimage. January 26, 2020 / JNS) Whether one considers the masses of Muslims who have been flowing into … Read More

Trump warns Khamenei to be ‘careful with his words’ following Tehran sermon

US President mocks Iranian supreme leader, writes in support of the ‘noble people of Iran,’ after Khamenei attacks America and Europe in speech. US President Donald Trump at a ceremony in the White House, January 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Steve … Read More

Iran missile strike: US now says 11 troops were treated for concussion symptoms

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Trump and the military initially said no service members were hurt in retaliatory strike over Suleimani killing. US forces walking past a drone in the Ain al-Asad airbase in the western Iraqi. Photograph: Ayman Henna/AFP via Getty Images The US … Read More

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