Eurasia

Following drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia this weekend, it is not clear that the Pentagon’s deterrence tactic is paying off. The United States sent a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers across the Middle East on Sunday, renewing a show of force as attacks by Iran-linked groups in the …

The UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan stated at a joint news conference in Abu Dhabi, with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, that the return of Syria to the Arab League is in the interest of Syria and other countries of the region. He added, however, that the Caesar …

Earlier this week, patrols belonging to the Military Security Branch arrested one of the officers of the 4th Division, who lives in the south of the capital, Damascus, and who was performing his service there. Exclusive sources told Sowt Al-Asima that joint patrols between the two branches and Patrol 216, …

Jerusalem hosts two historic visitors bearing the fruits of peace. Over the past two weeks, Jerusalem has hosted two significant first-time visitors: the Egyptian Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Tarak Al-Mulla and the newly minted Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja. It might be assumed …

Saudi state media earlier said the Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthis had intercepted 12 armed drones aimed at “civilian targets” without specifying a location. Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, attacking a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura …

More than a month after an explosion rattled the streets of Delhi, Indian authorities believe they now know who carried out the attack. India’s central counterterrorism agencies have concluded that a local Shi’ite terrorist cell backed by Iran’s IRGC Quds Force was behind the attack that targeted the Israeli Embassy …

Over 60 organizations took part in the Gaza event, organized by The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, a broad network including many BDS groups. BDS groups in Europe and North America took part in an event with the Iranian regime, leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist …

Confusion reigns in Ankara on how to manage the S-400 crisis, as pressure to satisfy Moscow along with Washington makes it a tall, if not impossible, order. Turkey’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems has snagged any progress in its fraught relationship with the United States, growing into a …

The Syrian armed opposition factions are accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of planting explosive devices in fuel-laden trucks along the border with the opposition areas to prevent smuggling of fuel. The areas under the control of the Syrian opposition in north Syria are facing a fuel crisis as a …

The perpetrator attempted to land the plane in a Gulf country, Iranian media reported the corps as saying. Many details surrounding the incident are unknown. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has thwarted a plane hijacking. An unidentified perpetrator tried to hijack an Iran Air flight from Ahwaz …