Thousands of Iranians, Iraqis Flock to Syria to ‘Protect Damascus’ and Save...
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Maj.-Gen. Qassem Suleimani. Photo Iranian media. Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi fighters have recently streamed into Damascus to prevent the fall of struggling dictator...
View ArticlePalmyra Redux: The Clash of Civilization & Barbarism
Palmyran ruins. Amid the stately yet skeletal ruins of Palmyra, Syria, the world is witnessing in real time the clash between civilization and barbarism, a microcosm of the larger turmoil imperiling...
View ArticleSecurity Expert: Jews Are ‘Soft Target’ for Competing Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Photo: YouTube screenshot. Jewish sites are a “soft target” for Muslim extremist groups vying for influence in the radicalized Muslim world, Nick Kaderbhai, a research...
View ArticleExiled Iranian Opposition Leader Says Iran Will Cheat on Nuclear Deal to...
Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi said the Iranian deal will embolden Iran, and that it will cheat to get a nuclear weapon. PHOTO: Asharq Al-Awsat The leader of an Iranian parliament in exile,...
View ArticleTop Khamenei Adviser Says Iran Boosting Support for Mideast Proxies
Ali Akbar Velayati (pictured above), Ali Khamenei’s advisor on international affairs, said that Iran would continue arming its regional allies. PHOTO: Mehr News Agency. A senior foreign affairs adviser...
View ArticleIranian Hackers Launch Cyber-Attacks on Israeli Nuclear Scientists, Defense...
IRGC-affiliated hackers launched cyber attacks against a number of important Israeli officials. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. A group of hackers linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
View ArticleKurdish Commander Exposes Iranian Plan to Seize Oil-Rich Iraqi Cities
Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Photo: Wikipedia. A Kurdish commander revealed to the London-based Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday an Iranian plan to take over the oil-rich Iraqi...
View ArticleIsraeli Defense Minister in Washington Predicts Iran and Its Mideast Proxies...
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Credit: Reuven Kapuscinski. Iran and its Middle East satellites like Hezbollah and other groups are going to become stronger in the coming years, Israeli Defense...
View ArticleReport: Russia Giving Advanced Weapons to Hezbollah, ‘No Strings Attached’
A Hezbollah operative. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Russia has been arming Lebanese terror group Hezbollah with heavy munitions as fighting in southern Syria intensifies, the Daily Beast reported on...
View ArticleIranian General Says Tehran Recruiting Thousands of Proxy Fighters Across...
IRGC Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari. Photo: Wikipedia. A senior Iranian military official said that Tehran has succeeded in recruiting thousands of proxy fighters, semi-official Fars News Agency...
View ArticlePresident of Iraqi Kurdistan Calls for Referendum on Independence
Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barazani. Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency website. The president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region called for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state,...
View ArticleChief of Staff: Military Advocate General Met With Breaking the Silence After...
IDF Chief of General Staff Gadi Eizenkot. Photo: Facebook. The Israeli Military Advocate General was called up to meet with the organizers behind the controversial IDF whistle-blower NGO Breaking the...
View ArticleRouhani: Iranian Military Intervention in Syria, Iraq Helped Its Nuclear...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s military intervention in Syria and Iraq helped Tehran in its nuclear negotiations with world powers, the...
View ArticleThe US Should Arm the Kurds, Not the Shiite Militias, in Iraq
Armed anti-American insurgents in Iraq in 2006. Photo: Wikipedia. The Obama administration has provided the Iraqi army with military hardware worth billions of dollars. Iraq’s main power brokers are...
View ArticleIraqi PM Plans to Include Shiite Militias in Mosul Offensive, Underscoring...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp. Photo: Screenshot. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi plans to include the Iranian-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi militias, many of which are trained or controlled by the...
View ArticleIranian Admiral: America ‘Wouldn’t Dream of Attacking’ Us for Fear of Heavy...
Iranian Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi. Photo: The Iran Project. The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy said the United States is too afraid to attack Iran, Tehran’s semi-official news...
View ArticleIraqi Forces Launch Operation to Retake Mosul From ISIS
The Peshmerga, during the northern Iraq offensive in June, 2014. Photo: Wikipedia. Iraqi forces have launched an operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS),...
View ArticleWhen Iraq Expelled Its Jews to Israel: The Inside Story
Immigrants from Iraq soon after landing at Lod Airport, summer 1951. Photo: Teddy Brauner, GPO. After Adolf Hitler’s defeat in May 1945, many Nazis melted away from the Reich, smuggled out by such...
View ArticleDefeating ISIS and Ending the Sunni-Shiite War in Iraq
The Peshmerga, during the northern Iraq offensive in June, 2014. Photo: Wikipedia. Now that Iraqi forces, with the support of the international coalition, are gearing up to recapture Mosul — ISIS’s...
View ArticleIraqi Columnist Says Arab Focus on Palestinian Plight Responsible for ‘River...
A car bombing in Iraq in 2008. Photo: SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., US Army. An Iraqi columnist slammed the Arab world for ignoring the deadly suffering of his countrymen in favor of the Palestinians, the...
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