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The resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was a victory for anti-government protesters flooding the country’s streets by the millions. It also was a wake-up call for Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim organization that wields substantial power in the region and is regarded as a terrorist organization by the United …
Read More »After Baghdadi, Terrorism Without Ideology
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, a few weeks after Europe was racked by four separate incidents classified as terrorism: a truck-ramming in Limburg, Germany; a series of stabbings at a police station in Paris; a shooting at a synagogue in Halle, Germany; and another set of stabbings at a shopping …
Read More »U.S., Gulf Nations Sanction Iranian Financial Network in Joint Action
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and four other Gulf nations joined the U.S. in imposing sanctions on a financing network controlled by Iran’s military and several men linked to the Tehran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Read More »Turkey begins joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria, hands over 18 captured Syrian troops
Turkey has begun joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria after Kurdish militants met a 150-hour deadline to leave border areas near Turkey as part of a deal struck between Ankara and Moscow in Sochi late last month.
Read More »US Withholding $105Mln in Military Aid for Lebanon – Reports
The United States is withholding $105 million in security assistance to Lebanon, media reported on Thursday citing two US officials.
Read More »US envoy: Iran has spent $16 billion on militias in Iraq, Syria
Remarks by Brian Hook come amid growing concern in Israel over potential attack by Tehran in retaliation for efforts to thwart arming of Iranian proxies.
Read More »Troops, armored vehicles enter Syria to protect oil fields from ISIS
U.S. troops and armored vehicles entered Syria Thursday on a mission to protect oil fields from falling into the hands of Islamic State terrorists, according to a U.S. official.
Read More »Iranian Generals in Iraq, Hezbollah Thugs in Lebanon: Tehran Demonstrates How to Snuff Out Dissent
A month ago, a little after the mass protests began in Iraq against the government, Iranian general Qasem Soleimani arrived on a night flight at the Baghdad airport. Soleimani continued on in a helicopter from the airport to the heart of the Green Zone in Baghdad, the area where the …
Read More »Iran and Hezbollah financers listed by Gulf anti-terrorism coalition
The seven-member Terrorist Financing Targeting Centre in Riyadh on Wednesday designated 25 targets affiliated with Iran and Hezbollah, in the largest single designation to date.
Read More »Turkey Wants Refugees to Move to a ‘Safe Zone.’ It’s a Tough Sell.
With forces from the Assad regime deploying in their old lands, Syrians are afraid to go back home.
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