Mike Pompeo lays out steep terms for Iran nuclear treaty

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Mike Pompeo outlines 12 demands to be included in new treaty with Tehran, including removing all its forces from Syria. The US secretary of state has outlined a series of steep demands to be included in a new nuclear treaty … Read More

Iran announces deadline for Europe to salvage nuclear deal

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Tehran says EU mechanisms must be in place before US sanctions take effect. Miguel Arias Canete (L), European Union Energy Commissioner, during a meeting with Iranian officials in the capital Tehran on May 19, 2018. Iran said it would wait to … Read More

With Demise of Nuclear Deal, Iran’s Foes See an Opportunity. Others See Risk of War

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The Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, gave a televised speech to supporters this month in Baalbek, Lebanon. Iran has used Hezbollah to project power in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere. CreditDiego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times   BEIRUT, Lebanon … Read More

Opinion How Putin’s Syria Gambit Could End With Israel Revealing Its Military Superiority

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For the first time since the beginning of the Russian intervention in Syria, Putin may find himself in direct confrontation with Israel. Russian President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu shake hands at an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day in … Read More

Suspected Israeli strikes hit Iran-linked targets in Syria, escalating regional tensions

BEIRUT — Missile strikes at two Iran-linked bases in Syria caused huge explosions and killed dozens of pro-government fighters, a monitoring group said Monday, in an attack seen as Israel’s latest blow in a shadow war to contain Iranian influence. Syrian state media … Read More

Lieberman to Saudi media: If Iran attacks Tel Aviv, Israel will attack Tehran

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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif AFP Iran’s Supreme Leader says Arab nations that befriend Israel ‘bring misery to Muslims’ Israel’s defense minister Avigdor Liberman issued a stark threat to Iran through Saudi … Read More

The shadow war between Israel and Iran takes center stage

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The rumblings of an open conflict between Israel and Iran in Syria are growing louder. When President Trump launched yet another one-off missile salvo against the Syrian regime, it came on the heels of a suspected April 9 Israeli strike on an Iranian facility at a Syrian air … Read More

Israel warns of retaliation if Russian-backed S-300 in Syria fire at Israel

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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman at a local government conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday February 14 2018. Ariel Harmoni/Ministry of Defense ‘Russian systems are in Syria, they are not acting against us, we have an open line & dialogue’ Liberman … Read More

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