In a short video released by the newly formed “League of the Revolutionaries,” which is likely a front for another Iranian-backed group in Iraq, a masked fighter warned of future attacks on U.S. troops inside the country.
Read More »France jails ISIS fighter trained by leader of Paris attacks
A French court on Tuesday handed a 12-year jail term to a computer technician who travelled to Syria to join ISIS and trained to fight under the ringleader of the 2015 Paris attacks.
Read More »A wake-up call: The Idlib crisis and its effects look set only to worsen
The death of at least 33 Turkish soldiers and wounding of 60 more in Syria’s Idlib on Thursday night was a game-changing development. According to informed sources, the troops were operating in a two-story frontline command headquarters when it was attacked from the air, at night, with precision munitions, including …
Read More »To preserve Shi'ite power in Iraq, Iran-backed groups turn to renegade cleric
When the grip of Iraq’s Tehran-backed Shi’ite Muslim parties and militias threatened to slip following the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, they turned to an unpredictable rival.
Read More »How China Overtook the U.S. as the World’s Major Trading Partner
How China Overtook the U.S. As the World’s Trade Partner In 2018, trade accounted for 59% of global GDP, up nearly 1.5 times since 1980. Over this timeframe, international trade has transformed significantly—not just in terms of volume and composition, but also in terms of the countries that the rest …
Read More »Israel sentences Islamic cleric to 28 months for inciting terror
An Israeli court Monday sentenced a firebrand Islamic cleric to 28 months in prison for incitement to terrorism in connection with deadly unrest at a Jerusalem holy site in 2017.
Read More »US, UK, Australia, Canada & Germany Reject Iraqi Parliament’s Quit Iraq Demand
Following the US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Shiite Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi PM, the Iraqi Parliament Speaker and the Iraqi Parliament have demanded that the US Alliance forces leave Iraq. The US, UK, Australia, Canada and Germany have rejected …
Read More »Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes
A federal watchdog concluded that President Trump broke the law when he froze assistance funds for Ukraine last year, according to a report unveiled on Thursday.
Read More »Iran | Millions of Iranians Take Part in the Funeral of General Soleimani and his Companions
Millions of Iranians took part in the massive funeral of Lieutenant-General Qasem Soleimani and his martyred companions in Tehran.
Read More »Bahraini militias decry U.S. airstrikes on Hezbollah Brigades
Several Iranian-backed Shia militias in Bahrain have joined the public chorus of various groups and political organizations denouncing the recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq against Kata’ib Hezbollah (or the Hezbollah Brigades, KH).
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