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Iran on Sunday carried out a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile that exploded after 630 miles (1,010 km), a U.S. official said on Monday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the test was carried out from a site near Semnan, east of Tehran. The official added that the last time this […]
As another prong in President Donald Trump’s efforts regarding refugees from war-torn nations, he and Saudi Arabian King Salman spoke on the phone earlier this week regarding the establishment of “safe zones” in places like Syria and Yemen. These safe zones, once established, would provide people who would otherwise become refugees with a safe area to […]
Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition in Kazakhstan were a coup for their international sponsors, but exposed the limits of what Russia, Turkey and Iran can achieve in their efforts to resolve the six-year-old war. It was the first time in nine months the two sides had come together, albeit briefly and unhappily, […]
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – a charity worker accused of security offences – was detained while trying to leave the country with her baby daughter after visiting relatives in April 2016. Her family denies she broke any laws. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who is from London, said his wife’s detention was a “stain” on Iran. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, […]
Russia and Turkey, which for years have backed opposing sides in Syria’s civil war, say they will work to map the outlines of a peace agreement during negotiations this week, the first major test of whether the powers’ newfound cooperation can achieve a breakthrough to end the conflict. The Trump administration has said it won’t […]
A letter from a young woman to her fallen husband, a pro-Assad fighter in Syria, was recently published in Tasnim News, one of Iran’s most prominent news agencies affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “This shrine [the Zaynab shrine] is sacred … I am worried about people who throw stones at it and so […]
According to various sources, at least seventy five people were killed on Thursday morning when a commercial high rise building collapsed due to fire. Among those killed were at least 50 firefighters responding to the call. The building collapsed onto them as they attempted to fight the flames. Emergency services, including at least ten fire […]
Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks it is sponsoring later this month with Turkey and Iran, part of a process from which the Obama administration pointedly has been excluded. U.S. participation, especially if an agreement is reached, would be the first indication of the enhanced U.S.-Russia cooperation that President Vladimir […]
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s picks for top national security posts diverged from the president-elect’s positions on key issues during confirmation hearings a week before the inauguration, increasing uncertainty about what policies the incoming administration would pursue, even on matters almost entirely under White House control. Retired Gen. James Mattis, the secretary of defense nominee; Rex Tillerson, named […]
The news came out Monday that Iranian fast-attack craft had once again harassed US Navy ships in the Persian Gulf with unsafe and unprofessional behavior, forcing the USS Mahan to fire warning shots. The incident, the first of its type reported this year, follows a significant increase in Iran’s navy harassing US ships in 2016, […]
The funeral for one of the founding fathers of Iran’s regime Tuesday provided a forum for a rare demonstration by the country’s long-silenced opposition. Mourners packed the streets of downtown Tehran for the funeral procession of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The crowd was estimated by Tehran’s governor at up to 2.5 million people and became, in […]
Tensions between the United States Navy and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard have once again spiked, resulting in the American Navy’s USS Mahan firing three warning shots and deploying a helicopter to intercept four fast-moving Iranian vessels closing with the destroyer and other U.S. ships on Sunday. According to reports, the USS Mahan contacted the […]
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