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Oil major Shell (SHEL.L), has withdrawn from talks on building a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra, Iraq’s oil ministry said on Tuesday. Shell in a separate statement confirmed, it was leaving the project.A statement from Iraq’s oil ministry said Shell would not continue discussions with the …
Read More »Iran’s main gas pipeline hit by sabotage, oil minister says
Two explosions along Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network on Wednesday were caused by sabotage, the Iranian oil minister told state TV, without naming any suspects. Authorities also denied reports that the incident caused gas cuts to industries and offices in some provinces, state media reported. “This terrorist act of …
Read More »Islamic State militants attack Syrian military barracks and kill 9 troops, war monitors say
Militants from the Islamic State group attacked military barracks in central Syria this week, killing nine soldiers, an opposition war monitor said. The Syrian army and officials have not confirmed the attack. IS claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday near the town of Al-Sukhna, saying its fighters also seized …
Read More »UAE ‘recruited al-Qaeda’ to carry out assassinations in Yemen
A new BBC investigation has found that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recruited former Al-Qaeda members to provide security in Yemen, and funded American mercenaries to carry out political assasinations in the country. In the report, which was detailed in a documentary released on Monday, a whistleblower told the BBC …
Read More »Iran Update, February 13, 2024
Key Takeaways: Southern Gaza Strip: Israel presented a proposal to move displaced Gazans in Rafah to Egyptian-built tent cities in the southwestern Gaza Strip, according to the Wall Street Journal.Negotiations: Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan claimed on February 12 that Egyptian and Qatar mediators believe that the Hamas ceasefire proposal …
Read More »No US troop withdrawal from Iraq or Syria, for now
Iraq sits at a geostrategically significant location in the region and having influence and presence there is very important, says former CENTCOM commander The US military has been bombing Iran-backed targets in three different Middle East countries over the last few weeks, but this hasn’t changed the calculus of Tehran …
Read More »How To React To Iranian Provocations Without Overreacting – OpEd
On January 28, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian-backed group, launched a successful and lethal drone attack on Tower 22, an American military outpost in northeast Jordan. Three US service members were killed and 47 more wounded. While Iran-backed groups have been attacking US positions across the Middle East …
Read More »Turkey-Based Organization Prepares to Send Flotilla to Gaza
Latest Developments An assembly of international organizations announced on February 10 that it seeks to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza by sending a flotilla of humanitarian aid. The assembly, known as the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aims to ship thousands of tons of international aid to Gaza, according to Zahir …
Read More »Why Iran is hard to intimidate
US soldiers are a bull’s-eye target for Iranian militias DETERRENCE IS A simple concept: using the threat of force to stop an enemy from doing something. America ought to have no trouble restraining Iran thus. The former has a globe-striding army; the latter relies on warships and fighter jets that …
Read More »Iran Update, February 12, 2024
Key Takeaways: Russia: Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate reported that elements of Lebanese Hezbollah and the IRGC are training Russian drone operators at the Shayrat Air Base in Syria.Northern Gaza Strip: The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement stated that it reestablished contact with its “combat units” in southwestern Gaza City.Southern Gaza Strip: …
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