In the last few months, no one could have imagined that Hezbollah in Lebanon, the crown jewel of the Iranian Ring of Fire, with upwards of 200,000 projectiles aimed at Israel, would have been so degraded. James Bond-like operations involving pager and walkie-talkie explosions featured on the American TV news program 60 Minutes, followed … Read more
Four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders, were killed in an airstrike carried out by Iraqi aircraft in the Hamrin Mountains in eastern Iraq, security officials said on Saturday. The Iraqi Security Media Cell, an official body responsible for disseminating security information, said in a statement four bodies of Islamic State … Read more
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urged Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani to take a stand against the United States’ “illegal” presence in Iraq during a Wednesday meeting between the two leaders. Khamenei posted about the meeting to his X/Twitter account. Iranian state media reported on it as well. Decrying … Read more
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq may move away from the Syrian border after years of using the area to move into Syria and smuggle weapons to pro-Iran groups there, according to a recent report. This is a significant development and follows reports that the Iraqi militias have decided to temporarily stop targeting Israel. In addition, … Read more
LONDON — There wasn’t a great deal of time for reading in Westminster this year. Labour’s election supermajority, dramas over freebies and staff, war everywhere, a tax-hiking budget, and a heap of missions, milestones, foundations, pillars and steps kept Britain’s politicians on their toes. But, thankfully, some of Westminster’s finest still managed to steal a … Read more
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have been attacking Israel for a year, in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. They began their attacks almost immediately after the Hamas attack, first targeting US forces in Syria and Iraq and then expanding the attacks to strike at Israel. These groups call themselves the … Read more
An Iranian national and officer in the IRGC, Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, was charged with murder and terrorism for his alleged role in orchestrating the Nov. 7, 2022, murder of American Stephen Troell in Baghdad, the FBI announced on Friday. Nouri was arrested in Iraq in March 2023, where he currently remains in custody. … Read more
Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq have condemned Israel’s move to expand settlements in the Golan Heights. This comes after the Israeli government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s NIS 40 million plan to encourage demographic growth in the Golan Heights, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. Netanyahu … Read more
To say that Lynn Stephenson likes travelling would be an understatement. The 61-year-old’s wanderlust is so powerful that she sold her house to go globetrotting full-time and has now visited 168 countries out of 195. She told MailOnline Travel that she has no ‘plan B’ in the event of the money running out and no … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks on the future of neighbouring Syria. Blinken is touring the region in the wake of the swift collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government in the face of an advance by Syrian opposition … Read more
