Eurasia Press & News
In a BBC Arabic TV (U.K.) report, which was aired on August 19, 2021, leaders of pro-Iran militias talk about their activity on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border. Ahmad Al-Maksusi, Secretary-General of the Sayiid Al-Shuhada Brigades militia, said that the Iraqi militias were the ones who targeted American forces …
Read More »EU Official Says Iran Ready To Restart Nuclear Talks In September: Reports
A senior European Union official says Iran is ready to resume suspended nuclear talks as soon early September, Western news agencies are reporting. AFP and the dpa news agencies reported on August 7 that representatives of the country have given assurances in recent days that the talks will be resumed …
Read More »An overland route to rival Suez: the wild ambition of Iraq’s Al Faw port
A multi-billion-dollar logistics project to rival the Suez Canal has left Iraqi opinion divided. Proponents say the $7 billion port project at Al Faw, near Basra, which will be linked an overland route to Turkey by rail, would make the port city a gateway to Europe. But critics say the …
Read More »Israel rolls out red carpet for senior Bahraini official’s third visit
Visiting Israel for the third time, Bahrain’s undersecretary for international relations at the Foreign Ministry, Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, met with President Isaac Herzog, visited the Peres Center for Peace and innovation and even went diving in the Mediterranean. Visitors to the Peres Center for Peace …
Read More »Iran sending more weapons to Yemen’s Houthis amid cease-fire effort: Pentagon
Pentagon allegation comes as Iranian and Saudi officials are reportedly preparing to meet in Baghdad later this month Tehran has been sending increasingly complex weapons to Yemen’s Houthi rebels even as Iranian officials have engaged in separate talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia about reducing tensions in the …
Read More »Syrian jihadi group in Idlib goes after gas stations
Security forces affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forced gas stations to close in areas controlled by Turkish-backed factions and set up a temporary checkpoint there. Well-informed sources told Al-Monitor that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s security apparatus has shut down several gas stations near the Ghazawiya crossing in the western countryside of …
Read More »CIA chief Burns, Israel’s Bennett meet to discuss Iran
CIA Director William Burns met with the new Israeli prime minister on Wednesday as talks to revive the landmark nuclear deal remained deadlocked. CIA Director William Burns and Israeli Prime Naftali Bennett met in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to discuss Iran amid increased tensions over the faltering nuclear deal talks …
Read More »Iran’s new foreign minister may bring ‘tough line’ to nuclear talks
Amir-Abdollahian previously served as Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has tapped conservative diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as his foreign minister, state media outlets reported on Wednesday. Following his expected approval by parliament, Amir-Abdollahian will replace Mohammad Javad Zarif, the US-educated architect of the …
Read More »Israel’s new US ambassador intimately familiar with Washington
Israel’s new envoy to the United States, Michael Herzog, is the only Israeli official to have participated in all diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Arab states over the past two decades and he knows Washington by heart. Israel’s designated ambassador to the United States is a leading expert on the …
Read More »Explosion reported on ship at Syria’s Latakia port, fire put out
An explosion at the Latakia port in Syria on Tuesday left an unidentified ship on fire, according to local reports, with some suggesting that the affected vessel had been used to transfer Iranian oil to Syria in the past. Smoke was seen billowing from a ship moored at Latakia port …
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