Middle Orient

In addition, a trove of 470,000 documents, released by the CIA in late 2017, point to close ties between the Iranian regime and Al-Qaeda…. According to the documents, Iran also provided Al Qaeda with “money and arms and everything they need, and offered them training in Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, …

The conflict in Syria continues, albeit not on the scale it has in recent years. Russian and Turkish forces continue to patrol but are under attack almost daily. In the last 48 hours, the Turkish military has lost its counterparts to bomb blasts.

According to an official statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Ministry of Defense, Moscow has decided and sent its troops to the Golan Heights. Russian troops will patrol with Syrian soldiers directly on the Bravo Line, which currently separates Syrian and Israeli troops in the region.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has reportedly summoned the Iranian ambassador to Ankara over Iranian officials’ protest against President Erdogan’s controversial remarks.

Iran understands that it is not in its interests to carry out any attacks against US interests in the Middle East, including third parties. Confidence in this was expressed on Thursday by the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie.

Ankara said to be unhappy about Bashagha’s rapprochement with France and Egypt. Ankara is increasingly angry at the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, especially in light of what appears to be the UN mission’s insistence on carrying through with the proposal to appoint Aguila Saleh, current Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, as …

The mission “was designed to underscore the US military’s commitment to its regional partners,” said US Central Command commander General Frank McKenzie.

Many Lebanese are demanding answers to role of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in the port “massacre.” They are also demanding an end to Iran’s occupation of Lebanon. Although the Lebanese government has set up a commission of inquiry into the port explosion, many Lebanese are wondering why the results …

The U.S. military dispatched two B-52H bombers from the United States to the Middle East on Thursday as part of an ongoing effort to deter Iran from potential attacks amid increased risk in the region, according to a senior U.S. military official.

The United States is ready to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems last year, four sources including two US officials told Reuters on Thursday.