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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
Read More »Report: Drones Attacked Ammunition Facilities of Iran-backed Militia on Iraq-Syria Border
Five people were killed and nine more were wounded in the attack that targeted the Popular Mobilization Forces, Sky News Arabic reported. Drones attacked a company of Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces fighters Wednesday evening in Syria near the border with Iraq, Iraqi sources reported.
Read More »Trump orders new Iran sanctions after Saudi attack
President Trump announced that he’s ordered new sanctions on Iran, following an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has directly blamed Iran for the attack — which forced state-owned Saudi Aramco to halve its production — Trump has stopped short, saying he wanted to …
Read More »Iraqi security forces seize ISIS hideout, arrest terrorist in Kirkuk
Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday apprehending a hideout belonging to the Islamic State group, south of Kirkuk, while arrested a terrorist who was hiding inside the hideout, and found detonators and explosive devices inside the hideout.
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