January 8, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iran on Wednesday targeted two US airbases in Iraq, including the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq.
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January 8, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed deep regret over the crash of a Ukrainian airline’s passenger plane in Tehran, which killed a number of Iranian citizens and foreign nationals, especially Ukrainians.
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January 8, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday.
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January 8, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The United States continues to deploy and reposition troops throughout the region of Iraq and Iran to bolster U.S. security and force protection and to be prepared for any contingency, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.
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January 8, 2020 Africa, Eurasia, Magreb
Rebel forces in Libya say they have taken control of Sirte following what media reports describe as a rapid advance on the strategic coastal city.
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January 8, 2020 Africa, Eurasia, Magreb
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Monday that Turkish forces would do their duty in Libya after being deployed to support the country’s besieged Government of National Accord.
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January 7, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Trump administration’s strategic miscalculation in assassinating Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has institutionalized anti-American sentiment in Iran’s domestic politics and among the Iranian public. This has given Iran’s government the upper hand in confronting U.S. strategic goals in the greater Middle East region, consequently challenging America’s global position.
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January 7, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Abu Ali al Askari’s Twitter statement calling for volunteers for suicide operations in Iraq. Abu Ali al Askari, the security official for Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades (or Kata’ib Hezbollah, KH), purportedly released a statement earlier today calling for volunteers for suicide bombings against US forces in Iraq.
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January 7, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
Muqtada al Sadr’s statement in which he reactivates both the Mahdi Army and the Promised Day Brigade. In the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and important militia leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr has reactivated two of …
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January 7, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The world, including the United Nations, Europe and other international human rights and “pro-Palestinian” organizations, have not moved to help the Palestinians of Syria in the past nine years — so, why should this year be any different?
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