US plan may send up to 10,000 troops to Mideast to counter Iranian threats

Officials say discussions include additional Patriot missile batteries, more ships and increased efforts to monitor Tehran By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNSToday, 2:51 am  0 0shares In this Nov. 7, 2018, photo released by the US Army, US soldiers gather for a brief during a combined joint patrol rehearsal in Manbij, Syria (US Army photo by Spc. Zoe […]

Palestinians officially refuse invitation to US economic peace summit in Bahrain

In a statement, PA rejects any representation at meeting planned for next month, says only ‘ending the Israeli occupation’ will bring financial prosperity By TAMAR PILEGGI and TOI STAFFToday, 12:58 am  0 8shares Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and and Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat (L) attend the opening session of the 30th Arab League summit in […]

Iran’s Rouhani rejects talks with Washington

Published: 22 May 2019 09:52 PM BdST Updated: 22 May 2019 09:52 PM BdST Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected talks with the United States on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said Iran would call and ask for negotiations “if and when they are ever ready”. div.storyContent div.custombody table{ color:#000000; width:100%; border:1px solid #8DBDD8; margin:10px 0; […]

Caroline Glick: Fear the ‘Stache — Trump’s Iran Policy Is Working

Former President Barack Obama once accused opponents of the Iran deal of making “common cause” with America’s enemies. In keeping with his slanderous allegation, since May 5, when National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the U.S. was deploying the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the Persian Gulf, the Iranian regime and former Obama […]

VOICES FROM THE ARAB PRESS: THE MULLAHS’ REGIME IS BOUND TO FALL

Whether the mullahs admit this or not, Iran is on a direct trajectory to becoming a failed state. This tendency will only increase with time. Then, the mullahs’ regime will collapse. MEDIA LINE May 22, 2019 17:34 THE MULLAHS’ REGIME IS BOUND TO FALL Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, The survival of the mullah regime in Tehran […]

DoD Mulls Deploying 5,000 Troops to Middle East Amid Tensions with Iran – Report

The United States may consider sending thousands of more American troops to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, media reported on Wednesday. Pentagon officials are expected to meet with members of the White House national security team as soon as Thursday to discuss a plan, CNN reported citing three US officials familiar with the matter. The officials underscored that no […]

Russia wades into Turkey-U.S. S-400 tensions

Moscow considers the US demands to Turkey to “give up the purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems unacceptable.” Seth J. Frantzman May 22, 2019 17:06 Russian servicemen drive S-400 missile air defense systems during the Victory Day parade, marking the 73rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at […]

U.S. Sanctions Russian Arms Makers Over Alleged Iran, N. Korea and Syria Dealings

May. 22, 2019 The United States has sanctioned two Russian arms manufacturers and a missile training center for allegedly violating international arms control restrictions on exports to Iran, North Korea and Syria. The move was a response to the Russian entities’ transfer of restricted goods, services and technologies to the countries in violation of a U.S. […]

Iran leader slams his president, foreign minister over nuke deal handling

With US tensions running high over demise of agreement, Ayatollah Khamenei says Rouhani and Zarif did not implement landmark accord how he told them to By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 11:30 pm  0 1shares Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and President Hassan Rouhani greet at the official endorsement ceremony of President Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, August. 3, 2017. […]

ANALYSIS: The war between the US and Iran has already begun

Iran is already using its many proxies to target the US and its allies, while planning a multi-front war with Israel. Yochanan Visser, 22/05/19  “Will there be a war between the United States and Iran?” a friend asked me last week. “It has already started” I answered him, adding that Iran is a world champion […]