Idlib and Beyond – The Vultures are circling in Syria

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Wreckage from an airstrike by pro-Assad forces near Idlib Province, September 8, 2018  AMER ALHAMWE / AFP / Getty Over the past several weeks, the war in Syria has crept back into the headlines, even competing with the drama and … Read More

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasts John Kerry over Iran meetings as ‘unseemly’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_19412L(Photo: AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – Secretary of State … Read More

White House Threatens Iran With Retaliation Over Militant Attacks

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Protesters stormed and burned the Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq, on Friday. Some have accused the United States or Saudi Arabia of being behind the attack.Credit Credit Nabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has signaled a new phase in its … Read More

Iran Is Smuggling Weapons Through Lebanon, and Israel Must Respond

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Lebanese army soldiers take part in a military parade to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence in downtown Beirut, November 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir. JNS.org – A recent report by Fox News stated that Iran has begun using civilian flights to Beirut … Read More

Iran nuclear chief announces completion of new facility to produce centrifuges

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation chief Ali Akbar Salehi address journalists at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr on January 13, 2015Mohammad Berno (Iranian Presidency/AFP/File) Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday announced … Read More

Iran should be top of UN Security Council’s agenda

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Iran’s state-owned Persian news outlets have put significant emphasis on the recent announcement by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that President Donald Trump is planning to chair a meeting on Iran in late September. The meeting to discuss the Islamic … Read More

Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Objectives for 2019: An ‘Improved’ Iran Deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran’s nuclear programme in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018Jack GUEZ (AFP) Israel seeks to implement an upgraded nuclear deal with Iran, urges international cooperation Israel’s 2019 Foreign Ministry objectives indicate … Read More

Defying Trump, Russia Pounds Idlib in Syrian War’s Last Major Battle

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‘Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!’ A screenshot of the White Helmets’ Twitter account shows what the organization describes as the aftermath of an airstrike on a town in the countryside of Idlib, September … Read More

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