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David Frum Rehashes Trump-Russia Collusion – OpEd

His November 25 article in The Atlantic “It Wasn’t a Hoax”, is one of several efforts to belittle the increased evidence contradicting the flawed Russiagate narrative. Frum uncritically uses David Satter as a reliable source. Satter is propped by Frum for stating that the Russian government was behind some apartment …

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Who Keeps Iran Out in the Cold?

The argument [to bring Iran “in from the cold”] is that the Islamic Republic is behaving badly because, “excluded” from the outside world, it feels like a threatened lone wolf and thus obliged to adopt an aggressive posture. The most persistent peddlers of that bill of goods have been US …

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Iran insists Vienna talks not on nuclear issues days before meetings with US

Monday’s indirect talks between the United States and Iran, with the participation of major powers, aim at bringing the two countries into full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Negotiations in Vienna will only be about lifting sanctions and not Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian officials continued to insist on Friday, …

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Iranian arrested in Kenya for planning terror attacks against Israeli targets – report

Iranian Mohammed Saeid Golabi was arrested in Kenya for coordinating a terror cell in Nairobi attacking both Israeli and local sites. An Iranian man, Mohammed Saeid Golabi, has been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of planning terror attacks against local and Israeli interests, according to an exclusive report in the …

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Testing the waters: Russia explores reconfiguring Gulf security

Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration. If successful, the initiative would help stabilise the region, cement regional efforts to reduce tensions, and potentially prevent war-wracked Yemen from emerging as an Afghanistan …

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Ex-Mossad chief: Israel should think twice before attacking Iran

Tel Aviv should refrain from attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities unless it has the capacity to completely destroy them, the former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence, Tamir Pardo, said yesterday. Speaking at a panel at Reichman University’s Institute for Policy and Strategy conference in Herzliya, Pardo warned that a military strike …

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Iran says 9 soldiers killed in clashes with US Navy in Persian Gulf

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, Monday, that nine soldiers were killed in direct clashes with the US Navy in the Persian Gulf waters, local media reported. The Mehr News Agency quoted Navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, as saying that the clashes took place in the Persian Gulf, without specifying …

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Only U.S. can resolve Kurdish issue, says SDF commander

Only the United States can play a significant role in a democratic solution to the Kurdish question, Mazloum Kobane, the commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said. Noting that the Kurdish question in Turkey impacts Syria, Kobane told the National Interest that the problems of all Kurds are …

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Iraqi Industry Minister: Benefiting from the Syrian experience in industrial cities domain

Damascus, SANA-Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals, Manhal Aziz al-Khabbaz affirmed the importance of sharing experiences between Iraq and Syria and benefiting from the advanced Syrian experience in the field of industrial cities and zones. The Iraqi Minister’s remarks came during a press statement following his arrival in Damascus on …

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