U.S. coalition hands over Camp Taji to Iraqi Security Forces

U.S. coalition hands over Camp Taji to Iraqi Security Forces

The U.S.-led international coalition formally withdrew from Iraq’s Taji military base on Sunday. The coalition handed the base over to Iraqi security forces, coalition and local news reported. The base, 17 miles north of Baghdad, had been the site of frequent rocket attacks, in recent months, by Iran-backed militias targeting U.S.-led troops. Despite the long-term […]

US demands renewal of sanctions against Iran in UN

US demands renewal of sanctions against Iran in UN

The United States requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to reinstate the economic sanctions against Iran. Washington’s bid was defeated. Its only support came from the Dominican Republic. China and Russia rejected the motion and all 11 other members of the Security Council abstained.  The economic sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy. Secretary of […]

US Intelligence believes Iran paid bounties to Taliban to kill Americans

US Intelligence believes Iran paid bounties to Taliban to kill Americans

The story of foreign intelligence networks paying bounties for the killing of American troops in Afghanistan has gotten new life with a revelation that Iran paid Taliban troops to kill U.S. and coalition troops.  CNN has reported that they have identified payments linked to at least six attacks carried out by the Taliban in the […]

The reasons behind the decision to destroy all F-14 Tomcats

The reasons behind the decision to destroy all F-14 Tomcats

There was only one foreign customer for the advanced F-14 Tomcat fighter during its heyday: Iran. The Shah chose to buy 80 Tomcats instead of the F-15 Eagle — and they proved a good investment. Even after Imperial Iran gave way to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the 1979 revolution, the Iranian Air Force […]

US seizes Iranian oil tankers bound for Venezuela

US seizes Iranian oil tankers bound for Venezuela

The United States Justice Department announced that federal agents have seized millions of dollars worth of fuel that Iranians were sending to Venezuela in an attempt to avoid U.S. economic sanctions. The seizure was characterized as the largest ever of its kind.  The petroleum was loaded in four tankers. They were stopped and their cargo […]

US sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon after Beirut explosion

US sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon after Beirut explosion

The United States has sent humanitarian aid to Lebanon after the catastrophic explosion that decimated Beirut earlier last week. “We want to express the department’s sympathies in mourning the lives of so many lost in Lebanon on Tuesday. This is a horrific tragedy,” Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said during a Washington news conference. A […]

Beirut Explosion: More questions than answers as anger replaces shock

Beirut Explosion: More questions than answers as anger replaces shock

The massive explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4, has generated worldwide shock. The international community has responded and sent search and rescue teams and aid to the already suffering people of Lebanon.  For the average citizen of Beirut, the shock is now giving way to anger as the affected citizens ask how could the […]

Israeli jets blast Syrian targets after border incident

Israeli jets blast Syrian targets after border incident

On late Monday night, Israeli aircraft pounded Syrian military targets. The strikes came in response to an attempted bombing attack that took place on Sunday night in the Golan Heights section of the Israeli border, Israeli military sources said. The Sunday attack was thwarted by Israeli special forces. In a rare acknowledgment of an airstrike […]

Israeli Special Operations team wipes out armed group

Israeli Special Operations team wipes out armed group

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported that it observed and killed an armed group of four people who approached the Israeli border fence with Syria and planted explosives. Maglan Special Forces troops had the group under surveillance. The SF operators opened fire with machineguns and called in an unidentified aircraft that fired a missile at […]

30 years ago Iraq invaded Kuwait and changed the Middle East forever

30 years ago Iraq invaded Kuwait and changed the Middle East forever

In the mid-summer of 1990, Saddam Hussein made a decision that changed the face of the Middle East and sealed the fate of Iraq and his own rule. In the early morning hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait and in a lightning operation, quickly took over the country in just two days.  […]

3 rockets strike US-Iraqi Base, one Iraqi helicopter damaged

3 rockets strike US-Iraqi Base, one Iraqi helicopter damaged

Three Katyusha rockets slammed into the joint U.S./Iraqi base at Taji on Monday night. No casualties were reported, although one Iraqi helicopter was damaged. It was the second rocket attack in the past three days against U.S-led coalition bases. On Friday, Katyusha rockets had hit the Besmaya base and caused material damage, but again, no […]