Saudi Arabia is expanding its anti-Iran strategy far beyond the Middle East

Saudi Arabia is expanding its anti-Iran strategy far beyond the Middle East

Under King Salman, Saudi Arabia is expanding its confrontation with Iran well beyond the Middle East, no longer relying heavily on Western allies to smother Tehran’s ambitions outside the Arab world. Since Salman came to power early last year, and Tehran struck a nuclear deal with world powers, Riyadh has adjusted its strategy for countering […]

Iranian military mastermind: ‘Iran has triumphed in all arenas’ in the Middle East

Iranian military mastermind: ‘Iran has triumphed in all arenas’ in the Middle East

The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force has delivered a bombastic speech in which he claimed that Tehran has “triumphed” over its enemies in the Middle East. “It is certain that Iran has triumphed in all arenas in the region,” General Qassem Soleimani said during a conference Monday in Qom, one of the […]

Gen. Joseph Votel, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes secret visit to Syria

Gen. Joseph Votel, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes secret visit to Syria

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East secretly visited Syria on Saturday for a first-hand look at efforts to build cohesive alliances of Arab, Kurd and other local fighters to defeat the Islamic State. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who is head of U.S. Central Command, became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer known to have entered Syriasince the U.S. began […]