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Iraq’s Ministry of Defense has announced that the remains of 128 Iraqi military men have been repatriated from Iran, the soldiers were killed during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. The Ministry of Defense utilized DNA testing on the remains to accurately identify each soldier by name of record. It has announced to the public that relatives […]

The leaders of the Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with heavy Shiite ties and Iranian influence, is calling for action in the wake of an airstrike that killed 22 militiamen in Syria. Hashd al-Shaabi spokesman and Fatiah Alliance leader Karim al-Nouri declared, The airstrikes that targeted some of Hashd al-Shaabi forces is frankly a very dangerous affair […]

With the recent clashing between the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) Peshmerga forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the Kurdistan Regional Government finds itself reassuring their northern Iranian neighbor. Tehran has expressed concern over cross border activities and militaristic action by Kurdish opposition groups, specifically the KDPI who maintain the strongest presence politically and […]

Syrian state media said on Monday that an airstrike that targeted Syrian army positions along the Iraqi border was carried out by U.S.-led coalition aircraft causing deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied responsibility. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state news agency SANA said, citing a […]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stated that he’s open to having an Iranian presence in the southern area of Syria and blamed the U.S. and Israel for supporting “terrorists”. The interview on Iranian-funded, Arabic news channel Al-Alam, also stated that Syria will make the final decision and not anyone else. The interview started with questions about […]

A female chess player has withdrawn in protest from the Asian Chess Championship — scheduled to take place July 26 to August 4 — because of the Iran’s, the host nation, mandatory headscarf (hijab) law. Soumya Swaminathan, a top contender from India, stated, After the 1979 revolution, Iran then known as the Islamic Republic passed […]

The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) claims that their Peshmerga forces killed nine Iranian Revolutionary Guards and injured another eighteen during a firefight last week on the Iran-Iraq border. A statement made by the PDKI’s Peshmerga Central Command declared that the clash occurred in mountains of the Iranian controlled Shno region, a border city […]

Politics makes for some strange bedfellows. This weekend, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani heads to China to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Will China, insistent on pushing the United States on every turn, improve ties with the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism? The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional security bloc led by China […]

The nuclear deal with Iran is gone, lying dead on the rubbish heap of history. It all seemed straightforward on the surface. The Iranians promised to halt the enrichment of uranium and not blow up Israel. In return, the U.S. and the European Union agreed to lift economic sanctions that stunted the Iranian economy. Unfortunately, it […]

The top U.S. military leaders of the United States and Russia are meeting in Finland to exchange views on U.S.-Russia military relations, Syria, and the current international security situation. Finnish news agency FNB said Friday’s meeting of Gen. Joseph Dunford, current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Russia’s chief of the military’s General […]

Muqtada al-Sadr has been a long-time enemy of the U.S., particularly during the occupation of Iraq during Operation Iraqi freedom (OIF) when Sadr led the Mahdi Army. Now Sadr has been elected to Iraqi parliament, his Sayriun Alliance partnered with the Communist Party to pull a sweeping victory out of the elections. Together, the Sayriun Alliance […]

Qatar wasn’t pleased after being threatened indirectly by Saudi Arabia after a letter reportedly sent from King Salman to France was published in a French newspaper. In the letter, the Saudis threatened military action if Qatar installs a Russian air defense system. Qatar’s foreign minister told Al Jazeera he did not think the Saudi threat […]