Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 23:22:57 +0000
The U.S. will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon said is an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 07:55:50 +0000
Iran’s president has told a group of clerics that he is seeking expanded, wartime executive powers to better deal with an “economic war” triggered by the Trump administration’s pullout from the nuclear deal and escalating U.S. sanctions.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 12:02:04 +0000
Leading Iraqi Shiite figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the United States and Iran.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 23:31:58 +0000
A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 23:30:47 +0000
US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran, suggesting that if Tehran attacks American interests, it will be destroyed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 04:32:02 +0000
U.S. diplomats are warning that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being “misidentified” amid
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 12:45:12 +0000
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions campaign from the U.S. as tensions across the Persian Gulf remain high.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 23:26:28 +0000
The US government ordered the evacuation of non-emergency staff from its Baghdad embassy Wednesday due to an “imminent” threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, but President Donald Trump predicted that Iran would “soon” want to start talks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:52:25 +0000
The Pentagon announced that it would deploy an amphibious assault ship and a Patriot missile battery to ounter alleged threats from Iran.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 14:10:59 +0000
Iran has threatened to resume higher enrichment of uranium in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal
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