This week, U.S. President Donald Trump initiated a dramatic shift in Middle Eastern policy, defying the appeals of both European and Arab allies in order to declare that his government officially recognizes Jerusalem as the …
Head of Lower House’s Palestine Committee Yahya Saud on Tuesday met with Iran’s Ambassador to Jordan Mahabati Fardosi, the Jordan Times reported. During the meeting at the Parliament, Saud called for unifying efforts of Muslim …
The leader of an influential Shi’ite militia group from Iraq has claimed to be on Lebanon’s border with the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.Qais al-Khazali, head of the Iranian Quds Force-funded Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, appeared in an …
Former Afghan prime minister and chief of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, said Iran’s role in his country “has always been negative.” Tehran “has always preferred the continuation of the war in Afghanistan… Iran has …
Iran and Iraq have signed a deal to swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from the northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield for Iranian oil, Kuwait News Agency reports. Based on the agreement …
Hundreds of Iranians took part in rallies across the country on Friday to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision this week to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Reuters reports. Leaders of Iran, where opposition to Israel …
Major powers will try to shore up Lebanon’s stability on Friday by pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in its politics, and urging Hezbollah to rein in its regional activities, diplomats said as …
On Tuesday, a day after former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in an attack on his vehicle outside the capital of Sanaa, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps publicly celebrated his …
Following Iran’s decision to close its borders with the Kurdistan Region in late September, some Kurds in Iran who used to work at the official borders have turned to the often dangerous paths of smuggling. …
Yemen President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Monday rallied his countrymen in areas controlled by Houthis to rise up against the Iran-backed militia, who had just murdered their erstwhile ally former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, …
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