Eurasia Press & News
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has raised the possibility that the United States could rejoin a deal Iran reached with world powers in 2015. Iran’s supreme leader dismissed the prospect of new negotiations with the West on Tuesday, even as the Tehran government spoke optimistically about the return of foreign companies …
Read More »State Dept. Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: US, Israel Cooperating to Detect Iran Militias in S.Syria
The State Department has confirmed that it will continue to work with Israel to face Iranian threats emanating from Syria’s southern border reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
Read More »Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Fakhrizadeh Assassinated
Senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, a high-profile figure in the country’s nuclear energy program, has been assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran. According to several media reports, the scientist was killed on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in the Absard region of Davamand.
Read More »How Israel Uses the F-35 to Send a Deadly Warning to Iran in Syria
Israel is trying to make sure that Iran never gains a strong and permanent formal foothold in Syria. Israel just sent a message to Iran that its entrenchment is unacceptable in Syria. Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force members in Syria. The strikes came …
Read More »Iraqi army launched large-scale military operation against ISIL terrorist in Al Anbar province
Iraqi army launched a large-scale military operation against ISIL terrorist elements in Al Anbar province. Security sources announced that the Iraqi army launched a large-scale military operation against ISIL terrorist elements in the western desert of Al-Rutba in Al Anbar province on Monday, Alahed News reported.
Read More »Iraq arrests Daesh ‘administrative chief’ at Baghdad airport
A senior member of Daesh terrorist group was arrested upon his arrival at Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi army said on Monday. “The Counter-Terrorism Service managed to arrest the so-called general administrative coordinator of Daesh terrorist gangs, known as Abu Nabaa, with a unique operation at Baghdad International Airport ” …
Read More »After the U.S., Turkey Should Be Next to Leave Syria
With the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crash dominating the headlines, the civil war in Syria has faded into media obscurity. But there is more bad news there that warrants the world’s attention. Turkey is engaged in a military campaign in Syria’s northwestern ldlib province that risks a conflict …
Read More »What Is the Endgame in Idlib, Syria’s Largest Remaining Rebel Enclave?
Since late April, tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes in the Idlib region in northwestern Syria as President Bashar al-Assad’s air force pummels Islamist-controlled towns. Amid the fighting, Russia and Turkey continue to negotiate for a restoration of a broken cease-fire in Idlib, with each seeking changes …
Read More »Escalating to Deescalate? Why Turkey Is Targeting Syria’s Army
For the first time in Syria’s nine-year war, the Turkish military this week launched direct attacks on the Syrian army. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he ordered howitzers and F-16 fighter jets to hit President Bashar al-Assad’s forces near the Turkish border in response to the killing of …
Read More »Caught between a rock and a hard place, Erdogan seeks a way out
Ankara has to improve Turkey’s international image with major reforms in order to attract much-needed foreign capital but the jury is out on whether President Erdogan can do it. Developments at home and abroad are forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to seek a fresh course aimed at delivering Turkey from …
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