Tag: iran

President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening at 8 p.m. ET, following months of intense litigation. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court lifted much of the lower courts’ blockades on the ban, allowing parts of it to take effect. The ban, which bars the entry of foreign nationals from six majority-Muslim countries, […]

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has kept mostly out of the headlines since assuming his position earlier this year, which is unfortunate, as he is uniquely capable among his peers in the administration of communicating foreign policy positions in a palatable, and perhaps less abrasive way than the president himself. Speaking before the annual meeting […]

America’s top diplomat at the United Nations, Nikki Haley told members of Congress on Tuesday that the government of President Trump is worried that Iran will not only give nuclear weapons to terror groups but do so with tacit Russia approval. That bit of news is something that has some Republicans in the House asking […]

America’s top diplomat at the United Nations, Nikki Haley told members of Congress on Tuesday that the government of President Trump is worried that Iran will not only give nuclear weapons to terror groups but do so with tacit Russia approval. That bit of news is something that has some Republicans in the House asking […]

One day after a U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force SU-22, the United States has announced its third air-to-air victory in just weeks.  A U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle intercepted and shot down an Iranian Shaheed-129 UAV over Southern Syria on Monday, after the drone’s presence was assessed to be a threat […]

Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbors to resolve the Gulf dispute unless they first lift the trade and travel boycott they imposed two weeks ago, its foreign minister said, but added Doha still believed a solution was possible. The United Arab Emirates, which along with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain imposed the measures to […]

After the United States shot down a Syrian military SU-22 over Syria on Sunday, the United States, Russia, and Iran have begun establishing “red lines” for one another, or borders within the nation each respective state’s military assets cannot cross without being engaged as a hostile. While the establishment of red lines is not a […]

In the skies over Syria on Sunday, a U.S. F/A-18E Super Hornet secured America’s first air to air combat victory in over twenty years.  The American jet was forced to engage and shoot down a Syrian military SU-22 that had begun dropping ordnance near U.S. partnered forces in the area. The United States was forced […]

Iranian naval patrol boats have again conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter with the US Navy in international waters near a critical choke point for maritime traffic, but this time they took a different approach. The Iranian navy ship, identified as a Houdong-class by the US Naval institute, came within 800 yards of the USS Bataan […]

In a rare showing of bipartisan agreement, the United States Senate voted by overwhelming majority to enact new sanctions against the Russian government on Wednesday.  These sanctions directly address Russian cyber activities during the 2016 presidential election as well as Russia’s support of Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria. The new sanctions, which were added […]

Qatar is ready to listen to the concerns of Gulf Arab states that have cut diplomatic and economic ties, Kuwait said on Sunday, as it tried to mediate a solution to the worst regional crisis in years. Saudi Arabia and allies Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) severed ties with Qatar last week, […]

Gulf states traded public barbs on Saturday, showing little sign of resolving the region’s deepest rift in years, five days after Arab nations severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with the tiny Gulf kingdom of Qatar. Foreign leaders expressed growing concern over the dispute, which pits Qatar against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), […]