Soleimani’s assassination: nothing will be as before

Armyvoice.gr – Jan. 05, 2020 Around 8 in the evening of January 2, a private plane, coming from Beirut, took off from Damascus Airport and landed at Baghdad International Airport around midnight. The plane carried General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Falilaq al-Quds, the most important Iranian officer and Khamenei’s closest associate. Soleimani was also accompanied by […]

Soleimani hit may push off Israel-Iran confrontation – Analysis

Iran surely knows that if it strikes out at Israeli targets to avenge Soleimani’s assassination, even indirectly through its proxies, Israel will respond. HERB KEINON JANUARY 5, 2020 18:24 Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani On December 25, in a key speech […]

Pompeo: Doing nothing would have ‘created more risk’ than killing Soleimani

US secretary of state pushes back against reports that the intel underpinning the American strike against the Iranian military commander was ‘thin’ By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 6:17 pm   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate a top Iranian commander last week, dismissing news reports […]

Hezbollah chief urges attacks, including suicide bombings, on US bases in region

Nasrallah says Israel asked Americans to kill Quds Force commander Soleimani, predicts US will leave the Middle East ‘in coffins,’ followed by ‘Zionists’ By Agencies and TOI staff Today, 5:49 pm 0 Edit The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization said on Sunday that the United States’ killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in […]

Jordanians come out in droves to protest gas import from Israel

Protesters in the Jordanian capital chant ‘no to normalization’ after Israel announces the country’s newly opened Leviathan field is now supplying gas to the Hashemite Kingdom Daniel Salami, Hundreds of locals in the Jordanian capital of Amman protested over the weekend a government agreement to import natural gas from Israel, labeling the deal as “normalization” […]

US military would only hit lawful targets in Iran: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that any target the US military may strike in Iran, in the event Iran retaliates against America for killing its most powerful general, would be legal under the laws of armed conflict. Pompeo was asked on ABC’s “This Week” about President Donald Trump’s assertion Saturday on […]

Jordanians come out in droves to protest gas import from Israel

Protesters in the Jordanian capital chant ‘no to normalization’ after Israel announces the country’s newly opened Leviathan field is now supplying gas to the Hashemite Kingdom Daniel Salami, Itamar Eichner Hundreds of locals in the Jordanian capital of Amman protested over the weekend a government agreement to import natural gas from Israel, labeling the deal […]

Iraqi parliament passes resolution to end foreign troop presence

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament passed on Sunday a resolution telling the government to end the presence of foreign troops in Iraq and ensure they not use its land, air, and waters for any reason. “The government commits to revoke its request for assistance from the international coalition fighting Islamic State due to the end of […]

Christians Beheaded for Christmas, The West Goes Back to Sleep

by Giulio Meotti January 5, 2020 at 5:00 am How much bigger and more extended must this war on Christians become before the West considers it a “genocide” and acts to prevent it? The day after Christians were beheaded in Nigeria, Pope Francis admonished Western society. About beheaded Christians? No. “Put down your phones, talk […]

Iran threatens big step away from nuclear deal after Soleimani killing

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says that officials in the Islamic Republic plan to meet Sunday night to discuss their next step out of the nuclear deal and that it will be even bigger than initially planned. Abbas Mousavi makes the comment Sunday during a briefing with journalists after a US airstrike killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard […]

EU invites Iranian foreign minister to Brussels

The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the offer to Mohammad Javad Zarif during a telephone call Iran’s foreign minister has been invited to Brussels, the European Union said Sunday, urging a “de-escalation of tensions” in the Gulf after US air strikes that killed a top Iranian general. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep […]