US weighs measures in response to Iran fuel shipment to Venezuela

The United States has a “high degree of certainty” that the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is paying Iran with tons of gold, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. By REUTERS MAY 14, 2020 19:48 WASHINGTON – The United States is considering measures it could take in response to Iran’s shipment of […]

Hezbollah leader: Israel eyes missile-making in Syria

Hassan Nasrallah said Israeli airstrikes in Syria have not pushed either Hezbollah or Iran from the country, and that Israeli claims that their policy was working were “imaginary victories.” (May 14, 2020 / JNS) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Wednesday that Israel is concentrating on attacking missile-making sites in Syria. He asserted that Syrian […]

Iran seeks to break through US blockade to deliver fuel to Venezuela

    /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5ebd7fd55f2ed_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5ebd7fd55f2ed_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – According to the ship tracking data issued by Refinitiv Icon, at least one fuel tanker in the port of Bandar Abbas is sailing towards Venezuela in violation of the sanctions […]

The U.S. Military Cannot Fill The Middle East’s Political Vacuum

  Over the past four decades, the United States has pursued a Middle East policy once characterized as “gunboat diplomacy.” While its massive capabilities may have been appropriate at the time to defend the Persian Gulf from Soviet invasion, protect Israel, liberate Kuwait and deter Iranian hegemonic aspirations, the region is significantly different from earlier […]

Chinese State Media Warn Country Will Interfere in U.S. Election

Adam KredoMay 14, 2020 2:40 PM China is threatening to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential election as retribution for a flurry of American lawsuits seeking to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the coronavirus. The Communist Party “won’t just strike back symbolically, but will impose countermeasures that will make them feel pain,” according […]

PA PM Says Paying Salaries to Terrorists Is ‘Sacred’

    Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh sits next to him as Abbas delivers a speech, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan. 28, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Raneen Sawafta / File. Earlier this month, under Israeli pressure, some Arab banks doing business in the […]

New Nuclear Threats to the U.S.: Better to Deter Them or Play Dead?

Peter HuessyMay 14, 2020 at 4:00 am At present, exactly zero percent of America’s nuclear platforms are modernized. Worse, when, in 2017, General Hyten… warned of the Russian threat, a common counter-narrative in the U.S. arms control community – and shared by some members of Congress — was that simply by proposing to modernize a […]

Hezbollah leader fires back at US, Israel: There are no Iranian forces in Syria

2020-05-13 BEIRUT,LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – The Secretary-General of the Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said that there are no Iranian military forces in Syria, but rather there are Iranian advisors and experts. The Secretary-General said that in Syria there have been Iranian advisers and experts since 2011, in more numbers than before the war, but there […]

Hit by coronavirus and Trump, Iran’s oil exports dwindle to record low

LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s oil exports have sunk to a record low as the coronavirus crisis compounds the impact of U.S. sanctions already limiting shipments, underlining the diminishing oil clout of what was OPEC’s second-largest producer.   Exports averaged 70,000 barrels per day in April, down from 287,000 bpd in March according to Kpler, which […]