Iran to ensure the air defense of Syria after new pact

Iran to ensure the air defense of Syria after new pact

The governments of Iran and Syria have signed a pact to strengthen military and defense cooperation. The deal was signed on Wednesday in Damascus by Iran’s armed forces chief, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, and Syrian Defense Minister, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub. Bagheri said that the military agreement is aimed at “fighting terrorism and countering American pressure.” […]

US troops will keep deploying to Iraq

US troops will keep deploying to Iraq

After conducting meetings with the Iraqi government, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), is confident that the United States will continue to have an enduring presence in Iraq for the foreseeable future. General McKenzie was in Baghdad on Tuesday for a meeting with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi. […]

Israeli military punishes officer for alleged rogue cross-border raid into Syria

Israeli military punishes officer for alleged rogue cross-border raid into Syria

“Grave… moral and command failure.” An Israeli lieutenant in the famed Golani Brigade Reconnaissance Battalion has had his promotion blocked by the commander of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Command. This lieutenant was the subject of a scathing exposé last month by the Israeli news service Haaretz that portrayed him as a “loose cannon” that […]

Iranian nuclear facility rocked by fire and explosions

Iranian nuclear facility rocked by fire and explosions

Within just five days, there have been three separate explosions in Iran, one of which was at an area where the Iranians were putting centrifuges into operation. All three incidents shared one common factor: the Iranian government’s explanation of them stretched credibility to the nth degree.  In the first incident, on July 2, a large […]

The Immortals: Iran’s elite cyberwarfare unit

The Immortals: Iran’s elite cyberwarfare unit

This article was written by Jeremy Walker and originally published on Grey Dynamics. The threat posed by Iranian cyber actors has been a growing concern for the past decade, yet people have yet to see the destructive capabilities these actors could produce. Iran can affect global infrastructure, drag out and disrupt a potential Middle East […]

Israeli airstrikes target and kill six Iranian-backed militiamen in Syria

Israeli airstrikes target and kill six Iranian-backed militiamen in Syria

The Iranians keep pushing Quds Force troops into Syria and supplying their proxy forces with arms, ammunition, and missiles… and someone, supposedly Israel, keeps hitting them hard with airstrikes. According to reports coming out of Syria, at least six Iranian-led militia members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Saturday night. The strike hit […]

Israeli Air Force keeps pressure on Iranian forces in Syria

Israeli Air Force keeps pressure on Iranian forces in Syria

An airstrike, reportedly conducted by the Israeli Air Force, struck several different sites in southern and eastern Syria on Tuesday. According to different reports, one of the targets hit by the Israelis was an Iranian arms shipment. So far, two Syrian soldiers have been reported killed and another four wounded in the airstrike. Iranian militia […]

The status of America’s forever wars in the Middle East

The status of America’s forever wars in the Middle East

The Middle East continues to be a hotbed of violence and conflict. U.S. troops have been fighting, advising, and training in the region for almost 20 years. While there will always be U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East under the jurisdiction of the Central Command (CENTCOM), many are questioning how much longer the U.S. […]

Iran to execute man accused of spying for the US and Israel

Iran to execute man accused of spying for the US and Israel

Iranian Judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, announced that Iran will soon execute an informant who allegedly gave the United States and Israeli forces information on General Qassem Soleimani. According to Iran, the information led to the airstrike that killed Soleimani in January. Esmaili said, “Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for [the Central Intelligence Agency] and […]

Assad fires prime minister as Syria edges closer to becoming a failed state

Assad fires prime minister as Syria edges closer to becoming a failed state

With Syria’s economy on the verge of collapse, the country’s currency is plunging to record lows. Although Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has thus far survived the decade-long civil war, his hold on the country now seems more tenuous than ever. Assad, on Thursday, fired prime minister Imad Khamis, state media reported. They did not give […]

Former U.S. Navy Sailor is released by Iran in prisoner swap

Former U.S. Navy Sailor is released by Iran in prisoner swap

After two years of being incarcerated in Iran, former Navy Sailor Michael White was released on Thursday after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian scientist who was acquitted last year on charges of trying to steal trade secrets. Asgari was being held in an ICE facility.  The U.S. also terminated a case in […]

Israel continues to pound Iranian targets within Syria

Israel continues to pound Iranian targets within Syria

On Sunday, five Iran-backed fighters were killed in an airstrike in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based war monitor reported. The head of SOHR, Rami Abdul Rahman said that the airstrike targeted three military vehicles belonging to Iran-backed paramilitary fighters near the Iraqi border town […]