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Key point: The IRGC is a fanatical and elite unit. No other branch of the Iranian military can claim the notoriety that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has earned for itself over the last several decades.
Read More »Senior US official says Hezbollah sanctions could hit benefactors
Senior United States Treasury official Marshall Billingslea has delivered a stern message to Lebanese officials during a two-day visit to Beirut, warning that those who co-operate with Hezbollah will be targeted by sanctions.
Read More »Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposes 'safe zone' for refugees in Syria
An expanded “safe zone” in northern Syria could include as many as 3 million people and stretch for 50 miles as far as Raqqa, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, proposed at the UN general assembly as he pressed his case to speed up the resettlement of Syrian refugees living …
Read More »New Report to Congress Warns Against Syria Pullout
A panel of former national security officials and other experts is calling for the White House and lawmakers to “halt the U.S. military withdrawal” from Syria or face potentially dire consequences.
Read More »U.S. exit from Syria could bolster ISIS threat, strengthen Iran, bipartisan report says
A bipartisan report Tuesday urged the Trump administration to halt a planned troop drawdown from Syria and to step up diplomatic efforts to counter Iran’s influence and stave off a resurgence of the Islamic State militant group.
Read More »Israel Blames Iran for Explosives-laden Drone Captured by Syria Near Israeli Border
An explosives-laden drone captured by Syrian authorities was not Israeli and was likely Iranian, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman said Saturday.
Read More »U.S. hoping its security gamble with Turkey in Syria will pay off
Two months after Ankara threatened to launch an operation into northern Syria, where US forces are present, the US and Turkey seem to be working closely on a “security mechanism” that supposedly seeks to fulfill Turkey’s concerns about Syria.
Read More »Bus Bomb Kills 12 Iraqis Near Major Pilgrimage Site
The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the bombing of a minibus that killed 12 people near the entrance to a major Iraqi pilgrimage center.
Read More »Operation Cobra Warrior: Israeli F-15s Join RAF for First Ever Joint Drills on British Soil
The Israeli and British fighter jets conducted military exercise together over the eastern Mediterranean several months ago, and the drills also involved the US Air Force at the time.
Read More »Treasury Sanctions Iran's Central Bank and National Development Fund
Action targets major sources of funding for the regime’s proxies and terrorist arms, including the IRGC, the Qods Force, Hizballah and the Houthis
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