Houthi leader calls for a ceasefire in Yemen as pressure grows on Saudis

(CNN) Rebels in Yemen announced Sunday that they would stop missile and drone strikes on Saudi coalition targets at the request of the United Nations. The development comes as Riyadh faces growing pressure to put a halt to the violence in … Read More

US claims Iran is spending $1 billion a year backing Hezbollah, other allies

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The United States is claiming that Iran spends nearly $1 billion a year providing support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and other allied militant groups in the Middle East. U.S. Ambassador Nathan Sales, a coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, told … Read More

Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami also claimed that Iran was improving its ballistic missiles.

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Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami also claimed that Iran was improving its ballistic missiles. > Iran to Israel: Fingers are on the trigger, missiles are ready to launch > Iranian Revolutionary Guard general: ‘Resistance is the only way’ Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran’s … Read More

‘People are despairing’: Iranians brace for sanctions to bite

Gloom spreads as dollar price rockets while action is welcomed by region’s US allies.  Iranians shop in a bazaar in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA Iranians were bracing themselves for a period of economic hardship on Monday after sweeping US sanctions … Read More

Iran’s President Warns of a ‘War Situation’ as the U.S. Reimposes Sanctions

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(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and an acknowledgement from President Hassan Rouhani the nation faces a “war situation,” raising Mideast tensions as America’s maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic … Read More

MbS: The New Saddam Of Arabia?

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As Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has terrorized his opponents at home and abroad, fear has spread within the Saudi kingdom. Has he become the new Saddam of Arabia? As Iraq’s Saddam Hussein did in the 1980s, MbS is cementing his … Read More

Iran’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True

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In what must seem like a nightmare scenario for Iran, not only is another U.S. president leveling sanctions against its economy, and particularly that economy’s lifeblood, its oil sector, but the current U.S. president has admittedly made it his mission … Read More

Assad’s Suffering Syria Seeks Reconciliation with the Arab World

While many Arab leaders would have loved to oust Assad and hand Iran a major strategic setback, many are now of the mindset that the Syrian dictator isn’t going anywhere. For the Syrian people, the last eight years have been … Read More

Trump imposes new Hezbollah sanctions, promises more against Iran

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President also claims Tehran no longer looking for access to Mediterranean at White House event marking anniversary of Beirut Marine barracks bombing. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday imposing new sanctions against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group behind … Read More

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