Middle Orient

Iran’s IRGC said it killed or arrested at least 100 MEK fighters during clashes near Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Tehran headquarters, with MEK confirming the incident and reporting heavy losses. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed or arrested at least 100 fighters from Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) in clashes on Monday …

As foreign policy luminaries rush to warn about the perils of a U.S. attack on Iran, there is widespread confidence in the White House that President Donald Trump can manage a strike’s fallout. This confidence reflects a years-long pattern that has shaped Trump’s thinking. Washington’s foreign policy establishment warns the …

Internal Security Forces in Raqqa governorate announced they had dismantled a cell affiliated with the Islamic State group, which they said was behind two attacks that targeted a security checkpoint west of Raqqa city (northern Syria) over the past two days, killing four personnel and wounding others. Raqqa Internal Security …

Je vous prie de m’excuser. J’aurais dû le signaler la semaine dernière. S’il est vrai que Donald Trump a déployé la plus grande flotte d’avions de combat américains en Asie occidentale/au Moyen-Orient depuis George W. Bush au début de l’année 2003, deux autres indicateurs clés signalant une attaque imminente ne …

Moon of Alabama fait un état des lieux des possibilités d’une entrée en guerre des États-Unis contre l’Iran. Selon juin malgré le renforcement considérable des moyens militaires américains au voisinage de l’Iran, l’équilibre stratégique n’a pas changé substantiellement et reste favorable à l’Iran pour des raisons expliquées dans son article. …

Entre les mains de la société coloniale de peuplement israélienne génocidaire, l’état d’exception est un cauchemar sans fin qui ne s’arrêtera pas aux frontières de la Palestine. Alors que de nombreuses nations ont parfois recours à l’«état d’exception» pour faire face à des crises temporaires, Israël vit dans un état …

Neutralising Tehran’s ability to close the strait is the decisive long-term move As a US “armada” assembles in the Arabian Gulf and Donald Trump signals that a deadline delivered to Iran is measured in days, the question now is what conflict would seek to achieve. The answer may lie less …

Toplines Iran is continuing to prepare for a potential military conflict with the United States. Several unspecified Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces units held an exercise on February 24 at the Madinah ol Munawarah Operational Base in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, and on unspecified Persian Gulf islands.[1] Madinah …

The commander of Internal Security in Latakia governorate, Brig. Gen. Abdul Aziz Hilal al-Ahmad, confirmed the killing of the leader of “Saraya al-Jawad,” Bashar Abdullah Abu Raqiya, along with two of the group’s commanders, during a security operation on the Syrian coast. According to a statement published by the Ministry …

Tensions between Washington and Tehran are rising by the day. But while much of the commentary focuses on what might happen inside Iran, more immediate danger likely lies to Israel’s north. Lebanon is shaping up as the second front of a widening confrontation. Israel has stepped up its air campaign …