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Emily B. Landau
Security, Middle East
The Trump administration should remain firm with the pressure campaign, continue trying to get the Europeans on board a harsher response to Iran’s aggressions, carve out a clear negotiations strategy, and be...
As the Iranian regime struggles with escalating crises in Iraq, Syria, and now Lebanon, they are under pressure as more workers protest inside Iran. Employees of the Azarab factory in the city of Arak, western Iran, launched a peaceful demonstration...
Related topics: Protests, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon
Major Blaze At Iran Oil Refinery Raises Suspicions Of Saudi Revenge Attack
A section of Iran’s sprawling Abadan oil refinery in the southwest of the country went up in flames Saturday, and state media sources reported the emergency...
Brett McGurk was out lecturing President Trump again this week on his decision to remove US troops from the Syrian cesspool.
McGurk went on with conspiracy theorist Rachel Maddow to whine about President Trump.
"I don't say this lightly,...
Related topics: Barack Obama, Syria
Robert Beckhusen
Security,
Stealth superiority.
Key point: Iran doesn't stand a chance against the U.S. Air Force.
Back in 2013, Pentagon press secretary George Little said that an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom combat plane attempted to intercept...
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Washington-based IMF: Iranian regime "feels the impact of tighter U.S. sanctions."
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed U.S.-Israel ties and joint efforts to counter Iran, in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, amid concerns in Israel that Tehran could exploit a U.S. military pullback in...
Related topics: Israel, Syria, Mike Pompeo, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tehran, Military
Sebastien Roblin
Security, Middle East
But they aren't exactly the best or most accurate.
Key point: Saudi Arabia's DF-3 missiles are horribly inaccurate and have never been used.
You would be hard pressed to find two more determined foes of...
Related topics: Saudi Arabia
Kyle Mizokami
Security, Middle East
A dangerous idea.
Key point: An assault from the sea would be risky but is something the Marines train for.
One of the greatest truisms of life is that land wars in Asia are futile. The continent’s vastness...
The protests started October 1 amid public rage over chronic shortages of jobs, electricity, and clean water.
Related topics: Protests, Iraq
Sebastien Roblin
Security, Middle East
Successful?
Key point: Israel is known for doing what it thinks it needs to do to remain secure against any threat.
Approaching eight o’clock on the morning of January 12, 2010 Professor Massoud...
Related topics: Israel
Iran Claims To Have Video Evidence Of Oil Tanker Attacks
Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com,
Iran has claimed that it has footage of last week’s attack on its oil tanker while off the Saudi Arabian Jeddah port, and it...
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Robert C. KoehlerConsidering that Pompeo is widely known as both a war hawk—a proponent of war with Iran—and an ally of blatant Islamophobes, his declaration of service to a perfect God is definitely troubling. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty...
Related topics: Religion, World Photos
On Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing anonymous US officials, that Washington had carried out a cyber operation against the Islamic Republic in late September following the twin attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities last month which the US and its...
Related topics: Reuters
Jeff Schogol
Security, Middle East
How good is it?
Key point: Tehran keeps coming up with "new" technology and weapons that aren't always what they seem to be.
The Iranian navy added a brand new, domestically-made stealth destroyer to its fleet...
Related topics: Tehran
Surrendering to Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan has yielded in 10 days a humanitarian crisis and wins for Bashar Assad, ISIS and Iran: Our view
Related topics: Donald Trump, Syria, Turkey, Russia, Tayyip Erdogan, Bashar Al-Assad, Isis
Pakistan said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia and Iran have both shown a willingness to settle mutual disputes through diplomacy and negotiations, reducing chances of an immediate war in the Gulf.The development stemmed from Islamabad's diplomatic...
Related topics: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Islamabad
The operation was reportedly aimed at Iran's ability to spread propaganda.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother entered prison Wednesday to begin a five-year sentence after he was convicted of corruption, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing his lawyer. Hossein Fereydoun, who served as an aide to...