Tag Archives: Iran

Iranian general at the forefront of the Tikrit offensive

Several photos have been released by the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars showing Qassem Soleimani on the battlefield near Tikrit. Other photos circulating on social media show the leader of the Qods Force with various Shiite militias taking part in the current offensive in central Iraq.









Iran

Pro-Iran militias’ success in Iraq could undermine US


Iran

Iran denies that Khamenei replied to Obama letter on Islamic State


Iran

I saw the US hand Iraq over to the Iranians. Is the whole region next?


Influential AQAP ideologue killed in US drone strike

Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari, a senior sharia official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 31. Al Qaeda had consistently elevated Nadhari’s media profile, meaning he was considered a key ideologue for the global organization.


Iran

Iran’s militias are taking over Iraq’s army


Argentina

Argentina prosecutor Nisman ‘planned warrant’ for President Fernandez


Iran

Survivors say Iraqi forces watched as Shi’ite militias executed 72 Sunnis





Hezbollah

Two Israeli soldiers, UN peacekeeper killed in Israel-Hezbollah violence



Argentina

Argentina’s Fernandez says death of prosecutor was not suicide



Argentina

Argentina says dead prosecutor tricked into accusing Fernandez





IRGC

Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants


Hamas

PLO faces US civil trial over terror attacks in Israel


CIA

Reaching Outside CIA, Obama Picks Treasury Official to Become Agency’s No. 2